It seems Colin Powell has found his conscience again. You might recall that Powell misplaced his integrity about 6 years ago when he decided to put his career aspirations ahead of his country and character.
Powell is now feeling brave enough to tell us what we already know. From the International Herald-Tribune:
The former secretary of state Colin Powell said Sunday that badly overstretched U.S. forces in Iraq were losing the war there and that a temporary U.S. troop surge probably would not help.Powell goes on to tell us that the one strategy that might work is the strategy that we've already been following, to no effect, for going on four years now:
Powell quickly added that the situation could be reversed. He recommended an intense coalition effort to train and support Iraqi security forces and strengthen the government in Baghdad.Funny, but I don't think recommending what we've already tried quite makes up for being the man who sold this lie of a war to all of us in the first place.
