Colin Powell becomes a pain in the ass of President Bush

Sweet revenge, I guess you could call it. After humiliating himself in the act of attempting to make George Bush's case for war at the United Nations, Powell has now been speaking out publicly against the war. In this article, Powell has stated that Iraq is now in civil war:

"Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Wednesday that Iraq's violence meets the standard of civil war and that if he were heading the State Department now, he might recommend that the administration use that term.

Many news organizations and analysts are calling the Sunni-Shiite sectarian warfare that exploded this year, killing thousands and causing widespread displacement, a civil war.

Powell's comments -- made in the United Arab Emirates at the Leaders in Dubai Business Forum -- are significant because he backed the war and was the top U.S. diplomat when the United States invaded Iraq in 2003.

Bush has avoided using the term "civil war" to describe the situation in Iraq."

Of course, I would have to say that Powell has quite a bit more credibility than Bush on this issue, since he is a former general. He never supported the war in Iraq in the beginning, though. He had been at odds with Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney over whether to use diplomacy or force on the matter in Iraq.

The truth is, we should never have gone to Iraq in the first place. George Bush either lied or seriously screwed up, but now that we are there it is our responsibility to rebuild the country before we leave. Of course, if Iraqis are going to get into a civil war, I guess they don't really want it rebuilt...

Ace