quote[It was revealed today that prior to the Iraq war, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell spent two and a half hours trying in vain to convince President George W. Bush not to invade.
"I tried to avoid this war," Powell told the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado, reports Sarah Baxter in the Sunday Times. Powell said he walked Bush through the risks of becoming an occupying force in an Arab country.
The sectarian violence in Iraq has escalated to the point of civil war, said Powell, and one that US forces cannot resolve.
Baxter points to plans being drawn up by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to begin a slow troop reduction to pre-"surge" levels as signs that "the views of Powell and other critics of the war are finally being heard in the Pentagon, if not yet in the White House."]
Yeah his "avoidance" was sooo convincing at the U.N.
Sorry, Powel, your credibility is gone.
Monday, July 09, 2007
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