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I don't know how accurate the rumors were, but all through the 2nd half of the first Bush43 term there were rumors that Powell was unhappy and wanted to leave.

Also the article says Powell opposed using force against the Taliban... I don't remember any statements like that from Powell... I mean, even most Democrats here in Georgia supported the War in Afghanistan.

One thing this article kind of skips over is Powell, as a result of of Vietnam experience likes to have clear justification before going to war and while that was there in Afghanistan, he really seems to have been searching for a way to justify Iraq to support the President but couldn't find it.

Powell's big failing, in my opinion, is that when he didn't support invading Iraq, he should have resigned rather than that wretched (and now very false looking) performance at the U.N.

If we were going to invade Iraq no matter what, it would have been better to do it up front - based on a determination of what we thought was best instead of trying to pretend we were enforcing international law under the U.N. resolution - when the U.N. clearly was not suppolrtive of war.