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July 09, 2007Now He Tells UsFrom the London Times: THE former American secretary of state Colin Powell has revealed that he spent 2 1/2 hours vainly trying to persuade President George W Bush not to invade Iraq and believes today's conflict cannot be resolved by US forces. "I tried to avoid this war," Powell said at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. "I took him through the consequences of going into an Arab country and becoming the occupiers." Powell has become increasingly outspoken about the level of violence in Iraq, which he believes is in a state of civil war. "The civil war will ultimately be resolved by a test of arms," he said. "It's not going to be pretty to watch, but I don't know any way to avoid it. It is happening now." He added: "It is not a civil war that can be put down or solved by the armed forces of the United States." All the military could do, Powell suggested, was put "a heavier lid on this pot of boiling sectarian stew." A simple question: why didn't Powell tell the American public this before the 2004 election. If Powell believed the war was wrong and that Bush had ignored important advice before invading Iraq, he had a duty--perhaps a patriotic duty--to let his fellow citizens know this. And another question: only two and a half hours? That's less time than a football game. Posted by David Corn at July 9, 2007 11:27 AM |
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"HUBRIS is a bold and provocative book that will quickly become an explosive part of the national debate on how we got involved in Iraq." --Tom Brokaw |
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