Who Is the Real Colin Powell?
 
Resent-Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:45:45 -0600 (CST)


Five years ago, Secretary of State Colin Powell exploited his
reputation for honesty and integrity to sell the American people
on the necessity of the Iraq War.

The day after Powell's United Nations testimony on Feb. 5, 2003,
whatever skepticism remained in the U.S. news media evaporated.
Anyone who still questioned the case for invading Iraq was dismissed
as a fool, a traitor or - as Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen
wrote - "a Frenchman."

The consequences of this group think have been devastating for the
United States. Nearly 4,000 U.S. troops are dead; tens of thousands
have been maimed; and much of the world blames America for the
carnage in Iraq, where estimates of the death toll range from 150,000
to more than one million.

Yet many Americans still shake their heads over the seeming mystery
of why the widely respected Colin Powell would have joined in this
national disgrace.

The answer to that question can be found in Chapter 8 of the book
Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush.

The chapter is a brief biography of the real Colin Powell, from his
days as a young Army officer in Vietnam to his rapid rise during
the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush to his iconic
status by the time of his appearance before the United Nations.

Throughout his career, the chapter reveals, Colin Powell was a rank
opportunist, albeit one with great charisma and undisputed intelligence.
This is an important reality for Americans to know - indeed it is
history that they must know.

Neck Deep - written by award-winning investigative reporter Robert
Parry and two of his sons, Sam and Nat - can be purchased through
the publisher's Web site at http://www.neckdeepbook.com or at
Amazon.com.

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