[Link] Trump attacks media and Mark Milley in foul-mouthed Mar-a-Lago speech

Read: 6/12/2021 www.theguardian.com

In remarks to diners at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday night, Donald Trump called the American media “crooked bastards” and Gen Mark Milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, a “fucking idiot”.

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[Link] Colin Powell’s UN speech: a decisive moment in undermining US credibility

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Colin Powell will be most remembered for the act he most regretted, his 2003 presentation to the UN security council laying out US evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, which turned out not to exist.

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