National Security Council Member for George W. Bush Discussing USA's Role in the Current US-Iraqi Conflict

With the eyes of the entire world on us, as well as our very own citizens, it is critical that we state firmly and clearly what role America will have in the U.S.-Iraqi conflict and what our intentions are. I personally would advise the U.S. to take a leadership role in the military attack on Iraq, as well as the building of a new regime in Iraq. The United States has moral …

…be undertaken while relief operations are underway, "so that the people of Iraq can very quickly see that their own representatives are moving into positions of authority." "Responsibility will be passed to them to make decisions about the future of Iraq," Powell said during a news conference in Brussels with the NATO (news - web sites) secretary general. As director of the Pentagon (news - web sites)'s new Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance