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11/28/2004:

"Colin Powell: Failed Opportunist"

Colin Powell's admirers – especially in the mainstream press – have struggled for almost two years to explain how and why their hero joined in the exaggerations and deceptions that led the nation into the disastrous war in Iraq. Was he himself deceived by faulty intelligence or was he just acting as the loyal soldier to his commander-in-chief?

But there is another, less flattering explanation that fits with the evidence of Powell's life story: that the outgoing secretary of state has always been an opportunist who consistently put his career and personal status ahead of America's best interests.

Full Article : consortiumnews.com