Quote Attributed to Colin Powell
Posted: 27 Mar 2003, 12:05
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.
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.