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RagSS
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Icon 1 posted 02 April, 2003 02:17 PM      Profile for RagSS   Author's Homepage   Email RagSS         Edit/Delete Post 
...Some great words...

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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 United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return."

It became very quiet in the room.



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Icon 1 posted 02 April, 2003 04:23 PM      Profile for Hawkeye   Author's Homepage   Email Hawkeye         Edit/Delete Post 
right on.
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Icon 1 posted 02 April, 2003 04:59 PM      Profile for Joey Red   Author's Homepage   Email Joey Red         Edit/Delete Post 
Absolutely Right On!
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Icon 1 posted 02 April, 2003 07:10 PM      Profile for DaddySS   Email DaddySS         Edit/Delete Post 
Excellent quote, thanks!
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Icon 1 posted 03 April, 2003 12:45 AM      Profile for NiravSS   Author's Homepage   Email NiravSS         Edit/Delete Post 
I definitely think this is an excellent quote. However, he's the original, and more complete version:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/powell.php

The last line is not as powerful in the original IMHO, however the spirit is the same.

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Icon 1 posted 03 April, 2003 06:34 AM      Profile for Leadfut   Email Leadfut         Edit/Delete Post 
Great quote. Thanks for posting it.
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