Though he is rarely mentioned, I think Colin Powell has a share of the blame for the Iraq War.

[OldDem2012]

34. I know this post will probably be unpopular in this thread, but in attempt to....

....provide some balance to the conversation, here goes:

Angry Colin Powell wants answers on Iraq WMD lies
February 17, 2011

QUOTE:

Ex-secretary of state Colin Powell called on the CIA and Pentagon to explain how he was given unreliable information which proved key to the US case for invading Iraq, the Guardian reported Wednesday.

Powell’s landmark speech to the United Nations on February 5, 2003, cited intelligence about Iraq leader Saddam Hussein’s bioweapons programme gained from a defector, codenamed Curveball.

But he has now admitted that he lied to topple the dictator, in an interview with the Guardian.

“It has been known for several years that the source called Curveball was totally unreliable,” Powell told the British newspaper.

“The question should be put to the CIA and the DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) as to why this wasn’t known before the false information was put into the (report) sent to Congress, the president’s state of the union address and my 5 February presentation to the UN.”


.....plus....


New York Times Topics - Colin Powell
Feb 13, 2013

QUOTE:

Over the course of his career Mr. Powell became one of America’s most popular figures, representing to millions of people around the world the possibilities of the American dream. But Mr. Powell himself, as well as many opponents of the war in Iraq, consider that record tarnished by his service under President Bush, when he provided crucial support to the case that the threat of weapons of mass destruction justified the 2003 invasion.

....and....

Mr. Powell had a tumultuous tenure as President Bush’s first-term secretary of state, when he was frequently undercut by Vice President Dick Cheney and Donald H. Rumsfeld, the secretary of defense, in the period before the Iraq war. Although Mr. Powell had major misgivings about the war and what he considered the inadequate number of troops, he not only agreed to the invasion but also made the administration’s case for war in a presentation to the United Nations Security Council in February 2003.

Much of what he said is now known to be based on false information provided by the Central Intelligence Agency, and Mr. Powell’s friends say he remains angry over the episode.