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To: tejek who wrote (397087)	7/8/2008 3:37:05 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

I made your case that powell believed the intel and thus supported the war but split with bush over the way it was being fought. He fabricated nothing as far as i am concerned. He believed in what he was doing. If it turns out you were right, and he lied, then its a disappointment to me as well.

To: tejek who wrote (397087)	7/8/2008 3:39:48 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

Al, I am not sure Powell was opposed to the war as much as you and michael think. He may have had reservations but he didn't have any trouble fabricating a good case for war in front of the UN based on weak intel that the Brits warned was probably wrong. Powell was a huge disappointment for me. When his name was no longer useful to this administration, they let him go. Fair enough. Reading Woodward's books I remember passages in which Powell was, but his own words, not happy with the war path cheney and rumsfeld put bush on...and at one point told bush that a post saddam iraq might be worse than the status quo. Al