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Americas
September 10, 2005
Powell regrets ‘mess’ of Iraq
From Tim Reid in Washington
COLIN POWELL, the former US Secretary of State, harshly criticised the
Bush Administration yesterday for its failures in Iraq, calling the
country a mess and voicing concerns that it may slide into civil war.
General Powell, who left the Administration in January, also said that
his speech in February 2003 to the UN, making the case for war, was a
painful blot on his record.
Making his most damning remarks about the conduct of the war since he
was replaced by Condoleezza Rice, General Powell criticised the White
House and Pentagon for their post-war planning and failure to send
sufficient troops.
Asked in an interview broadcast on ABC whether he regretted his support
for the war, he replied: “Who knew what the whole mess was going to
be
like?” He added: “What we didn’t do in the immediate
aftermath of the
war was to impose our will on the whole country, with enough troops of
our own, with enough troops from coalition forces, or by recreating the
Iraqi forces, armed forces, more quickly than we are doing now.
“And it may not have turned out to be such a mess if we had done
some things differently.”
Turning to his pre-war address to the UN Security Council, when he
forcefully made the case for invasion and offered proof that Iraq had
weapons of mass destruction, General Powell said that he felt terrible
about the claims he made. Asked whether the speech would tarnish his
reputation, he replied: “Of course it will. It’s a blot.
I’m the one
who presented it on behalf of the United States to the world, and (it)
will always be part of my record. It was painful. It’s painful
now.”
