Powell: I never considered quitting

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Powell: I never considered quitting


Tuesday 27 April 2004, 6:30 Makka Time, 3:30 GMT


Powell says he was always supportive of the president



US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said he never considered resigning over the Iraq war.



Asked on Monday if he had ever considered resigning, Powell flatly replied, "No."

"I explained to my colleagues on the national security council and to the president the ups and the downs, the ins and the outs, of this kind of an operation. But I was always supportive of what we were trying to do," he said.

Pundits have questioned whether Powell should have stepped down after a new book by journalist Bob Woodward depicted him as raising questions about the difficulty of occupying Iraq.

"You are going to be the proud owner of 25 million people," Woodward quoted Powell as telling US President George Bush. "You will own all their hopes, aspirations and problems. You'll own it all."



http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FFB6F5F7-6436-4CC3-AE4C-BAE5627AC8F6.htm

[Eye and Monkey]

1. He's right, he didn't consider it. He agonized over it.

For about an hour. Then he curled-up and kissed his ass goodbye.

[KissMyAsscroft]

2. I love all the heat he is taking...its funny...

I love watching him squirm.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Powell sold his soul to the devil

He has no control of what he is doing, it's out of his hands.

[daleo]

4. And I bet you are not a crook, either, Powell.

n/t

[daleo]

5. You would think Powell would have been more sensitive to nuance here

"You are going to be the proud owner of 25 million people," Woodward quoted Powell as telling US President George Bush. "You will own all their hopes, aspirations and problems. You'll own it all."

The U.S. has had a lot of bad experience with the practice of "owning people". Powell ought to know that.

[still_one]

6. Powell is nothing

after he LIED to the U.N. about the WMDs, he was just following orders. He was told by scientists, and weapons experts in the state department that there was no basis for the weapons of mass destruction. He choose to lie about it for his president.

He is the kind of general who at Nuremburg said he was only following orders!