25.9.03
Powell squirms over Iraq WMD claim
Powell in February 2001:
I recommend to Webster's that they place a picture of Powell next to the definition of "buffoon" in the next edition of their dictionary.
Powell in February 2001:
He has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors.Powell in September 2003:
Asked why he changed his assessment, Powell said: "I didn't change my assessment... I did not say he (Iraqi President Saddam Hussein) didn't have weapons of mass destruction."Thank you, Mr. Powell, for saying that two airplanes crashing into New York skyscrapers resulted in Saddam acquiring WMD.
"He was a threat then. The extent of his holdings were yet to be determined. It was early in the administration and the fact of the matter is it was long before 9/11 (the date of the 2001 attacks on the United States)".
I recommend to Webster's that they place a picture of Powell next to the definition of "buffoon" in the next edition of their dictionary.
