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SOUNDING BOARD
Friday, November 15, 2002
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Colin Powell's influence
Al Neuharth (USA Today) presents Secretary of State Colin Powel's influence on the President. See the transformation as reflected in Bush's own words:
April 4: "I made up my mind that Saddam needs to go."
July 8: "We will use all tools at our disposal" to change Iraq's regime.
Sept. 7: "My administration still supports regime change. There's all kinds of ways to change regimes."
Oct. 21: "If he (Saddam) were to meet all the conditions of the United Nations that in itself would signal the regime has changed."
"Regime change" has completely shifted from "change of leadership" to "change of heart" of the leadership. Wow.
posted by Allan at 3:47 PM (GMT+8)
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