Iraq Memo Revealed: Colin Powell Opposed War W/out 2nd U.N. Resolution

[stop the bleeding]

Props to Raw Story for link

The New York Times reported yesterday on a confidential January 2003 memo that showed President Bush “was determined to invade Iraq” even without a second UN resolution. Yesterday on Hardball, the source of that memo, British scholar Philippe Sands, revealed the existence of yet another revealing pre-war memo:

SANDS: Another memo which records a conversation between Colin Powell and his counterpart in the United Kingdom, Jack Straw, which makes it clear that in Colin Powell’s eyes if there wasn’t enough evidence for a second Security Council resolution, then there wasn’t enough evidence to justify the U.S. going it alone.

So Colin Powell was spot on, but it seems he was overridden by a president and others in the administration who were absolutely committed to taking the United States to war, tragically in erroneous circumstances, irrespective of what the inspectors found.



See rest here including video

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/28/new-iraq-memo/

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Spot on?

Sorry but Mr. Powell's unvoiced opinion is nothing more than a spot on the rug. Mr. Powell lied and facilitated and is as guilty of war crimes as the rest of the liars. Had Mr. Powell stood up and said no and resigned, then he would have been spot on.

[Roland99]

2. Woodward wrote the same thing over two years ago in Plan of Attack.

[cantstandbush]

3. Collin, ever the "good soldier." "Good soldiers" make poor human beings.

I didn't buy it for the Nazis and I don't buy it for US military either.

[stop the bleeding]

4. .

Kick!