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[winterbadger]

"That purpose is every bit as important now as it was ten years ago when we began it. And frankly they have worked. He has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors. So in effect, our policies have strengthened the security of the neighbors of Iraq, and these are policies that we are going to keep in place"

Secretary Colin L. Powell
Cairo, Egypt (Ittihadiya Palace)
February 24, 2001
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2001/933.htm

Comments

[robbysmom.livejournal.com]

nobody kept Colin in the loop, as Bush, Rumsfeld franks and probably Cheny diverted funds Congress thought were for Afghanistan and started pouring concrete in Kuwait.

In Colins' career, he's been kept out of a fair bit, I woudl say, given what his investigation of My Lai didn't find. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_Lai_Massacre

The connection in my mind is that EITHER they bring in Powell when they want credibility but don't bother to watch his back or Powell's so much a team player he misses those whose only team seems to be their own ideology.

[winterbadger]

My impression is that Colin thought he was going to be a full member of the team when he came on board. He's certainyl made it clear at State that he won't be back in the next administration if Bush is reelected. I think he's not rockign the boat because he has further ambitions.