Powell Says He Was 'Committed' to Iraq War

WashingtonPost.com ^ | 4/20/04 | Dan Morgan

[South40]

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, responding to a new book about the Bush administration's decision to go to war in Iraq, said yesterday he was closely involved with planning for the attack and had been as "committed as anyone else" to toppling the government of Saddam Hussein.

The book, "Plan of Attack" by Bob Woodward, describes Powell as an opponent of the war strategy pushed by Vice President Cheney, and recounts that the Saudi ambassador, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, learned of the decision to go to war before Powell. But Powell said he was committed from the start to President Bush's war plan if diplomacy failed and that he was well informed about Bush's strategy.

"My support was willing and it was complete, no matter how others might try to impose their policy wishes on my body," Powell said in an interview with the Associated Press.

[adakota]

Hey South40, to format posts with paragraphs just type in a < p > at the end of each paragraph in the original (do not leave a space between the <, p, > though. This will post the entire thing the way it was written.

[Admin Moderator]

It wasn't his fault. Sometimes the auto-format has a glitch. I fixed it for him at his request.

[South40]

Thanks but I know how to do that. My problem was in excerpting the article. For whatever reason I always seem to screw that up. :-)

[adakota]

Great post. No offense meant on the formatting. Thanks.

[South40]

None taken. I did think it was my fault. I'm glad to see it wasn't.

[Smartass]

Bob Woodward has always been a slime ball.
Some things never change, and either will he.