Powell Fights Back

Bu$hco punching bag, Colin Powell, has struck back , seeking the remnants of his dignity. He lambasted the proposed 'clarifying' of the Gen Con statutes and questioned the results of the attempt on whatever's left of the US's reputation (moral high ground...what's that?) And he's starting to show some regrets for that whole messy Iraq thing he helped foment and just generally smacking back at Bu$hco. Way to grow a pair, Colin!

Powell, elaborating on a position first expressed last week in a letter to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), also argued that the administration's plan to "clarify" U.S. obligations under the Geneva Conventions would set a precedent for other nations that would endanger U.S. troops.

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Powell has said he regrets that the Iraq invasion was launched on the basis of false intelligence about Saddam Hussein's weapons programs and Hussein's relationship with al-Qaeda, information that he vouched for in an address before a hostile United Nations. He has also said that he believes the administration should have sent more troops to invade Iraq and provided a better postwar plan.

Powell also allowed his name to be identified among those opposed to Bush's nomination of his former State Department subordinate, John R. Bolton, as Washington's U.N. ambassador.