Quote Attributed to Colin Powell

[Red Dog]

I am going to assume Powell said this unless someone comes back and says Urban Legend!

Subject: Colin Powell

I wish all the responses given to those arrogant journalists I have been

watching at the Centcom briefs could be this good...

When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked

by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an

example of empire building by George Bush.

He answered by saying that, "Over the years, the United States has

sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for

freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in

return is enough to bury those that did not return."

It became very quiet in the room.