Breaking: dominoes are falling

Posted By Diyana Ishak Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 4:44 PM Share

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has just announced that he "would call [Iraq] a civil war" and urged world leaders to follow suit. Speaking from a world leaders forum in Dubai, Powell explains that he uses the term because he likes to "face the reality." He said that he might recommend the use of the term by the administration, if he were still head of the State Department. Quite a bold statement from someone who had so aggresively pushed for the war. Who's next to join in the debate and upset the White House taboo?

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