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The NBK Fiasco
19/11/07 20:20 Filed in: Politics
I am an NBK customer. I’ve always been, and I will remain one. They are an exceptional monetary agency. Recently, they seem to have the ambition of becoming a center for strategic studies.
For the second year in a row, NBK has hosted a lecture series on issues that pertain to strategic and security issues. How this is a bank’s role is up for discussion, but my problem is with their selections. This year, NBK invited Secretary Colin Powell, former US Secretary of State to be their keynote speaker. In introducing the speaker, Deputy Chair of the bank, Nasser Al-Sayer characterized Powell as “a personality that has acquired admiration and respect both in the United States and abroad.” Al-Sayer, or his speechwriter, probably overlooked the fact that Powell is also an internationally renowned liar.
On July 1, 2007 Powell was invited to speak at the Aspen Cultural Center where he stated, “I tried to avoid this war. I took him [Bush] through the consequences of going into an Arab country and becoming the occupiers.” Nevertheless, Powell had no problems valiantly entering into the UN Security Council’s chamber on February 5, 2003 where he misconstrued evidence and blatantly misinform the international community on Iraq’s “nuclear threat.” A threat that we now know never existed after 1994.
I realize that Kuwaitis reflect a sense of homage towards Powell given his role in 1991, nevertheless, it is shameless to invite him. He is, in my view, a liar, and a man with no integrity. If had integrity, he would have resigned instead of humiliating himself before the world in February 2003. Can someone please try and explain why NBK would even give him a platform? He’s obviously using it to gain a better position elsewhere, so why allow it
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