Yeah, and General Pinochet brought democracy to Chile - According to Thatcher.... https://twitter.com/JuliaHB1/status/775430084064935936 …
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Replying to @JuliaHB1
Er, no
@JuliaHB1,,, YOU said he wasn't a racist. The Blair quote is about him being a 'great figure'pic.twitter.com/O8VRUqSs6D
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Replying to @NoirMJ
yes, and don't you think it bizarre that Blair would say that about him if he thought he was a racist?
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Blair at least had excuse that as PM when Powell died he was p much obliged to say something vaguely polite
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I'm not sure what yr excuse for defending him nearly 20 yrs on is.
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also, u could accurately call Hitler, Stalin and Mao "great figures" of 20th c politics, it's not necessarily endorsement
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Replying to @DollyDillyDally @NoirMJ
fair point. I'm not defending Powell, I just don't see anything in the Rivers speech that he got wrong.
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he was quoting a constituent in that section of his speech
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