Not that I agree with Powell, I'm not even paying much attention to him to be honest, but he is doing what 'State' typically does, that is look for diplomatic solutions short of war. Nobody should be able to look back on us later and say we did not exhaust all possible diplomatic avenues before pounding Bagdad back to the biblical age.
RedBloodedAmerican posted this article today which provides further evidence of Iraq's links to terror attacks and the competing positions within the Bush administration about what to do about Iraq.
(LINK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/587631/posts
Mounting Evidence of Iraqi Link to Terror Attacks
Source: Middle East Intelligence Bulletin
Published: OCTOBER 2001 Author: by Ziad K. Abdelnour
Posted on 12/10/01 2:38 PM Pacific by RedBloodedAmerican