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I Helped Sell the False Choice of War Once. It’s Happening Again.

Fifteen year ago this week, Colin Powell, then the secretary of state, spoke at the United Nations to sell pre-emptive war with Iraq. Professor Lawrence Wilkerson recounts how he as chief of staff helped Secretary Powell paint a clear picture that war was the only choice in a New York Times article.