Regarding the 2002 invasion and occupation of Iraq, former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell warned then-President George W. Bush, "if you break it, you own it." He elaborated, "if we take out ...

Colin Powell presented the American case against Iraq to the United Nations on Wednesday, February 5. Powell argued the strongest case yet that Iraq is defying UN sanctions. The Secretary of State's ...

There is an old warning in foreign policy about the arrogance of power, “If you break it, you own it.” That principle, popularly known as the Pottery Barn rule, was articulated by Colin Powell in ...

Letter from Chip Northrup We've See this Melodrama Before I was having lunch at the Petroleum Club in Midland, Texas when a shout went up as the invasion of Iraq was announced. When the war was over, ...