( OT ) Administration stampeded nation into war
 

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One aspect of Michael Moore's documentary film, "Fahrenheit 9/11," that you
won't hear Republicans denouncing is a 2001 video clip of Colin Powell
calling Saddam Hussein no threat. Audiences react with shocked murmurs. The
film doesn't explain the context, a Feb. 24, 2001, diplomatic meeting in
Cairo. Pressed by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak about the Iraqi people's
suffering under U.S. economic sanctions, Powell reminded his audience that
they existed to check Saddam's ambitions. "And frankly," he added, "they
have worked. He has not developed any significant capability with respect to
weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power
against his neighbors." Not only was Iraq no danger to the U.S., it had no
capacity to menace such powerhouses as Jordan and Kuwait.