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Letter "C" » Colin Powell Quotes
«Serious mistakes [were made] in the immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad. We didn't have enough troops on the ground. We didn't impose our will. As a result an insurgency got started, and it got out of control.»
Author: Colin Powell
«At the time the president was listening to those who were supposed to be providing him with military advice. They were anticipating a different kind of immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad; it turned out to be not exactly as they had anticipated.»
Author: Colin Powell
«The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may still feel that years later. Some of us don't, I don't.»
«They were anticipating a different kind of immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad, it turned out to be not exactly as they had anticipated.»
Author: Colin Powell
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«I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I was not sure we had enough troops. The case was made, it was listened to, it was considered. ? A judgment was made by those responsible that the troop strength was adequate.»
«I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.»
«Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?»
Author: Colin Powell
«I want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world.»
Author: Colin Powell
«War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.»
Author: Colin Powell
«The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international efforts in the world.»
Author: Colin Powell
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