Powell Not Backing Down
On the same day that the Iraq Study Group offered its assessment on the deteriorating conditions in the Middle East, former Secretary of State Colin Powell called the conflict a civil war, joining a growing chorus of those who eschew the more benign-sounding “sectarian violence” terminology preferred by the Bush administration. “It looks like, smells […]
On the same day that the Iraq Study Group offered its assessment on the deteriorating conditions in the Middle East, former Secretary of State Colin Powell called the conflict a civil war, joining a growing chorus of those who eschew the more benign-sounding “sectarian violence” terminology preferred by the Bush administration.
“It looks like, smells like and, in my judgment, is a civil war,” the retired four-star general said last night. “People have argued with me that it shouldn’t be called a civil war. Call it what you want, but what I’m looking at on the ground [is] rapidly undercutting the prospects for success” in Iraq.
It is amazing that the people who know war, have lead wars and have fought in them all seem to be saying the same thing. It is the people in the White House, the ones who spent their younger lives dodging wars, who have a problem with reality.
