wheras Powell may have been a man of honor while he was in the military, he has now become a lying son of a bitch politician, a token spokesman, with no honor. IMHO the 'brains' behind this war are clearly Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitz and other signers and originators of the Project for the New American Century, see the Statement of Principals and signatures here http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm