The former U.S. Secretary of State passed away, and the stain on his life was the testimony of washing powder 18 years ago as a weapon of mass destruction

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Just in these two days, former US Secretary of State Powell died of ineffective treatment because of the new crown epidemic infection, at the age of 84, 73, 84 Yama king did not call the little devil to hook you.

Many people may say that this Powell is 84 years old, and it is normal for him to die at this age to be honest, is it because of the new crown epidemic? I tell you that this is true, and this is the news from the United States.

Although it is very normal to die at the age of eighty or ninety, with today's medical conditions, if it is not infected with the new crown, it is normal for someone like Powell to live for another ten years and eight years.

Today's American political arena is full of seventy- and eighty-year-old people, Biden is about to be 80, what Pelosi, McConnell, which person is not seven or eighty.

Even before we talked to you, Malaysia last year, Mahathir came out to be prime minister again, Mahathir is 92 years old, still full of energy.

Changming of modern technology, these people are the top people on the tip of the people, their medical conditions and living conditions are enough to ensure that they can live a very long life, so Powell left this time, all because of the new crown.

If it weren't for the new crown, he would not have died now, and Powell is probably the most weighty or well-known person in the United States to die because of the new crown to this day.

At eleven last year, President Trump was infected with the new crown, but soon the family was cured, at that time we said that the presidential medical conditions will definitely make you quickly get rid of various diseases, but it is clear that Powell, who retired, he can not enjoy the presidential medical insurance treatment.

Speaking of Powell, he has been immersed in American politics for many years, especially in the era of Reagan and Bush Sr., he was a heavy minister, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which is basically equivalent to the top general of the US military.

Moreover, during the Gulf War, Powell was the supreme commander of the US military, and Powell's ability was so strong that many people speculated at that time that it was possible for him to run for the presidency of the United States. If he had run, there would have been no Obama, and the first black president would have been Powell, not Obama.

But even so, Powell did not go out to elect the president later, he also served as secretary of state in the George W. Bush era, and he also became the first black secretary of state in the United States, which is also a very heavy weight, but for many ordinary people in our country, what is the deepest impression of Powell? It was that little jar of laundry detergent.

It was about 20 years ago, in 2003, when George W. Bush decided to take action against Iraq, which is probably Bush Jr. inheriting his father's wishes.

As we all know, in the early 90s of last century, Iraq took action against his neighbor Kuwait because of money, and the president at that time was George H.W. Bush, who quickly commanded the multinational coalition to launch an air strike against Iraq, and after dozens of days of fighting, iraq was very beautifully repelled.

To tell the truth, the Gulf War was shocking to others, and the armies of many countries have undergone changes because of the Gulf War, but for the Bush father and son, the Gulf War is an unfinished war.

Why? The purpose of the war was to liberate Kuwait from Iraq, which was achieved, but it did not overthrow saddam Hussein regime, and although the Gulf War hurt and scared Him, it did not destroy him, which made the United States have always had a sworn enemy in the Middle East for more than 10 years.

But the elder Bush, who had just finished the war, went to participate in the presidential election, and because the war cost too much money, the living standards of the American people had declined, so he was beheaded by Clinton, who was the same age as his son.

Clinton has done a very good job in the economy in the past 8 years, so he basically forgot about this Saddam Hussein and let Saddam Hussein grow bigger again, so he waited until Bush Jr. came to power, and after Bush Jr. came to power, he did not have time to fiddle with Iraq? There was this amazing 911.

So George W. Bush had to first rectify os-jain bin Laden, fight this Afghanistan first, and wait until the Afghan affairs were almost settled before he could free up his hands to deal with Iraq.

But if you want to do something to a sovereign country, you have to have a reason, why? He has invaded others, you can beat him, people have not invaded others, how do you fight?

George W. Bush, they came up with such a concept at that time, what? Iraq is our enemy country, there may be many terrorists in Iraq, and although Iraq is not doing anything to the United States now, it may do something to the United States in the future.

I'm sorry, he will cause great harm to the United States in the future, so I have to start first, so why is iraq likely to cause a lot of harm in the future? Because the George W. Bush administration said that Iraq is engaged in a large-scale weapon, it is engaged in this weapon of mass destruction.

What kind of weapons can generally be called weapons of mass destruction? If it weren't for this nuclear weapon, if it weren't for this biological and chemical weapon, the Bush Jr. Administration said back then, if you look at this Iraq, you want to build weapons of mass destruction.

More than a decade ago, we squandered Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War, he was not convinced, he was preparing to retaliate, just like Bin Laden retaliated against the United States and shook both of our buildings, this Saddam Hussein wanted to shoot even more fiercely than bin Laden.

The American people who had just experienced the severe pain of 9/11 were really very scared in their hearts at that time, and you thought that bin Laden was just a rich businessman, and how much money could a person have, and he could make the United States suffer so much harm?

If Saddam Hussein had used the strength of iraq to develop this weapon of mass destruction and carry out a terrorist attack on the United States, the loss would probably be ten times more than 911.

Therefore, the american people feel that it is just for Bush to fight Iraq, and it is true that the polls before Bush hit Iraq were quite high.

But you have to say something about the international community, you say he developed weapons of mass destruction, he developed them, you have to come up with evidence, so in 2003, at the United Nations General Assembly, Powell, then secretary of state of the United States, took out a small plastic bottle from the document bag, and that bottle contained half a bottle of white powder.

Powell swore to global leaders, "Do you see that?" This is the weapon of mass destruction that Iraq is developing, and Powell didn't say much, but from his determined look, almost everyone believed that it seemed that the United States really had evidence.

This is a meeting of the United Nations, the leaders of the world are involved, Powell, as the SECRETARy of State of the United States, is a solemn statement, on such an occasion, will anyone lie? Will anyone cheat?

So after this achievement, the United States smoothly and smoothly began to attack Iraq, of course, after this blow, millions of Iraqis were displaced, Iraq's economy lost hundreds of billions of dollars, and the United States also fell into Iraq for 18 years.

However, Powell's white powder eventually became a joke, on the one hand, after the United States broke through Iraq, it was almost necessary to dig three feet into the ground, on the other hand, to find the gold and silver treasure left by Saddam Hussein, on the other hand, to find weapons of mass destruction.

Many senior officials in the George W. Bush administration may have thought so at the time, Iraq is really developing this, but forced by their relatively tight security, I have no tangible evidence now, it is okay for me to beat him down, and after the beating, I still can't find evidence? When the evidence is released to the world, I will fight a just war.

However, no one expected that the whole of Iraq had been turned upside down, and no weapons of mass destruction had been found.

And later after the arrest of Saddam Hussein, he also sentenced people to hanging, of course, for the Americans, I said you are guilty, you are guilty, no matter what, you have fought this country, Saddam I died, then can I go back to the past?

But for Powell, this was a great shame, and Powell later repeatedly recalled that this UN testimony was the most embarrassing moment of his life.

In fact, at that time, within the George W. Bush administration, Powell was not a staunch war faction, and who was in the main war faction at that time, including this Vice President Cheney, this Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, and President Bush Jr. assistant Rice.

What is Powell's position, Powell, he is the secretary of state, equivalent to the foreign minister, we all know that those who engage in diplomacy are generally doves, and those who engage in diplomacy are to negotiate peace.

However, Powell recalled that during the meeting of the entire US government, he was misled, and others really told him that your powder was evidence of weapons of mass destruction, so Powell calmly went to this UN venue to testify.

He may also think, it's okay, now I may not have enough evidence, but after I beat Iraq down, I will definitely find his evidence.

However, in the end, it really did not find, people in the Western world, the integrity of the view is extremely important, when President Clinton was impeached, what is the reason? Is it because he has an extramarital affair with a little girl? No, having extramarital affairs with little girls is a hobby of the elderly in American politics, and almost every president has such a hobby.

Clinton's problem was that he had obviously had an affair, and as a result he lied in front of ordinary people all over the country, and lying about this was a very bad quality, so he was impeached.

That's why Powell was particularly angry, aren't my colleagues harming me? Isn't that what makes me lie before the whole world, on the occasion of the United Nations? So Powell himself believes that this is an important stain on his life.

However, it is obvious that Powell is also difficult to argue, he can not always go to a bunch of media and say, this is not my idea, the powder is not made by me, is it given to me by others? Can he now attack his colleagues and prove his innocence? So this thing that Putin calls washing powder can only be carried by Powell.

Original author: Li Chengwei