COLL: Well, some of it is the political use of intelligence to justify a war, to articulate to publics and democratic societies, whether in Israel or in the United States, that, oh, we've got evidence that justifies this preemptive attack. SHAPIRO: In the run-up to the Iraq War, Secretary of State Colin Powell famously told President Bush that what he called the Pottery Barn rule applied in the war - if you break it, you own it. COLL: Well, the Iraq War, after all, was a ground invasion, so once American forces reached Baghdad and chased Saddam Hussein out of his palace, they were the occupying power and they owned the country, and we all remember the unhappy result that unfolded, I think.
Author: Tinbete Ermyas
Published at: 2025-06-18 22:43:55
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