In a message dated 3/28/03 11:54:20 AM Eastern Standard Time,
rusty00362@earthlink.net writes:
> 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 US has sent many of its
> great young men and women into great peril to fight for
> freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for
> is enough to bury those that did not return."
>
> Powell's comment pretty much silenced the room
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Thanks for sending that. I checked the quote at www.snopes.com to see if it
was true. The actual Powell quote is even better than the one you sent,
which is a little simplified.
Go to www.snopes.com, type "Colin Powell" into the search field and you will
find it near the top.
Allen Hefner
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