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In reply to the discussion: Powell not ready to endorse Obama for re-election [View all]RZM
(8,556 posts)Where he complains that his Feb. 2003 speech at the UN led to an unfortunate association with him and making the case for war.
That's a pretty odd thing to complain about since the speech was all about . . . making the case for war.
I understand and empathize with the regret, but rather than blaming everybody else for drawing the logical conclusions, he should focus on blaming himself for making the case in the first place.
It reminds me of this story. Towards the very end of his life (when he was under house arrest), Nikita Khrushchev apparently said: 'I'm covered in blood,' which historians tend to think was an admission of guilt and statement of regret regarding his role in the Great Terror during the 1930s. Of course people already knew that he had a substantial role in the terror, but it's interesting noting that it still haunted him all those decades later.
Now THAT's regret