WJZ) In a candid interview just hours ago, former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell talks about mistakes made in the decision to go to war with Iraq.
"We were wrong," Powell says. "The intelligence community was wrong, the British intelligence community was wrong, and all the other intelligence communities were wrong and I presented wrong information, because that was the information we believed to be true at the time."
During the interview with the BBC, Powell frankly admits mistakes, saying the United States made the best decision possible based on information he now says was off-target.
"Everybody believed it to be true at the time, until we actually got into Iraq and didn't find the stockpiles," Powell says.
The British reporter asks: "would you like to apologize for misleading the world?"
"I didn't mislead the world, Powell responds. "When you are presenting what you believe to be the fact."
Just weeks ago, President Bush spoke at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Eyewitness News was there as he shored up support for the increasingly unpopular war. He also talked about a timetable for returning home.
President Bush's public approval ratings dropped significantly in 2005. That has been largely blamed on bad news from overseas. In recent weeks, those numbers have shown slight improvement.
"We were wrong," Powell says. "The intelligence community was wrong, the British intelligence community was wrong, and all the other intelligence communities were wrong and I presented wrong information, because that was the information we believed to be true at the time."
During the interview with the BBC, Powell frankly admits mistakes, saying the United States made the best decision possible based on information he now says was off-target.
"Everybody believed it to be true at the time, until we actually got into Iraq and didn't find the stockpiles," Powell says.
The British reporter asks: "would you like to apologize for misleading the world?"
"I didn't mislead the world, Powell responds. "When you are presenting what you believe to be the fact."
Just weeks ago, President Bush spoke at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Eyewitness News was there as he shored up support for the increasingly unpopular war. He also talked about a timetable for returning home.
President Bush's public approval ratings dropped significantly in 2005. That has been largely blamed on bad news from overseas. In recent weeks, those numbers have shown slight improvement.
More water carrying by Powell, if you ask us.
The Bushites had warnings galore that the evidence they were sighting for prosecuting a pre-emptive war was WRONG.
This is bullshit!
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