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It sounds like Wilkerson is paving the way for Colin Powell to recant on his support for the Bush foreign policy. If Wilkerson is Powell's sword, then Powell is trying to re-write the books so that he can end up on the right side of history. Is it coincidental that Powell would want to divorce himself from the Iraq war just at the moment that support for Bush's adventurism has tanked, and a mere 12 1/2 months before the launch of the Republicon free-for-all grab for the 2008 presidential nomination?
Sorry, Colin, the time for you to stand tall against this fiasco was in August, 2002. Instead you went before the UN Security Council and lied to the nation and the world. Now you are 3 years late, 2000 American soldiers' lives and tens of thousands of dead Iraqis short. You may recant, but we will not forgive.
