men.style.com— On GQ.com, Former secretary of state Colin Powell comes clean on Iraq. Though he was pushed aside in the run-up to war, he tells GQ's Walter Isaacson, he, too, bears some of the blame.
Sep 11, 2007View in Crawl 4
I'm sure this apology and his sober views from within the interview will be taken into account in another ten years when him and all the rest who were/are involved are tried in The Hauge for international war crimes. ...dare I hope?
The biggest problem with the interview was that the questions were poor (or edited out of the published article). There should have been questions about Bush Jr's motivations for invading Iraq, inlcuding how the WTC bombing was used, corporation influence, oil & economy, contractors, middle east politics, nation building etc.
It wasn't his call, it was the presidents. if Powell were president instead of Bush we would never have gotten into this mess. Don't confuse influence with control.
Responsibility, my foot. If I kill someone and then say, opps, sorry, that ain't taking responsibility.He lied to the world at the united nations and then we invaded a country and killed many 1000s of innocent people. If he wants to take responsibility, then he should forfeit his life.
Not accepted, he lied and knew full well it would help to enable a war no one could win.The lesson sir: it's not what you should have done, it's what you did and no amount of verbiage will erase that disgraceful speech given before the UN.
balibonesSep 12, 2007
I'm sure this apology and his sober views from within the interview will be taken into account in another ten years when him and all the rest who were/are involved are tried in The Hauge for international war crimes. ...dare I hope?
gbroSep 12, 2007
The biggest problem with the interview was that the questions were poor (or edited out of the published article). There should have been questions about Bush Jr's motivations for invading Iraq, inlcuding how the WTC bombing was used, corporation influence, oil & economy, contractors, middle east politics, nation building etc.
gwolfSep 12, 2007
It wasn't his call, it was the presidents. if Powell were president instead of Bush we would never have gotten into this mess. Don't confuse influence with control.
rocket777Sep 12, 2007
Responsibility, my foot. If I kill someone and then say, opps, sorry, that ain't taking responsibility.He lied to the world at the united nations and then we invaded a country and killed many 1000s of innocent people. If he wants to take responsibility, then he should forfeit his life.
Closed AccountSep 12, 2007
Not accepted, he lied and knew full well it would help to enable a war no one could win.The lesson sir: it's not what you should have done, it's what you did and no amount of verbiage will erase that disgraceful speech given before the UN.
sheffSep 12, 2007
That's a really unflattering mugshot.