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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (193184)	7/25/2006 6:31:50 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Baloney. Utter revisionist pastrami. Powell was given lies to recite at the UN which he did, dutifully and stupidly. He now regrets what he did which is cold comfort. The UN is not Dubyette's to push around in front of his policies as a powerless figleaf and then whine and complain that it isn't strong enough to FIX what the world's largest military can't. That's utter nonsense. signonsandiego.com Powell calls U.N. speech on WMDs blot on his record By Steven R. Weisman NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE September 9, 2005 WASHINGTON – Former secretary of state Colin Powell said in a TV interview to be broadcast today that his 2003 speech to the United Nations, in which he gave a detailed description of Iraqi weapons programs that turned out not to exist, was "painful" for him personally and would be a permanent "blot" on his record...."