Colin Powell's New Book: War With Iraq Never Debated

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Shoulda, woulda, coulda.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Shoulda, woulda, coulda.

You are the one talking in strawman hypotheticals.

Powell was told by his commander in chief of specific intelligence that indicated these things and he honored that. When how he had been used came to light, he just resigned his post.

Thats a declarative compared to:

I guess you would jump off a bridge if your superiors told you.

I have another one: if you were a 1st lieutenant and you were commanded by your captain to assault a position on intelligence that you personally consider to be unreliable, what are you going to do?