Powell advised Bush to send more troops to Iraq - Yahoo! News

Powell advised Bush to send more troops to Iraq - Yahoo! News:

"LONDON (Reuters) - Former Secretary of State
Colin Powell said on Sunday he had made the case to
President George W. Bush for the United States to send more troops to
Iraq to deal with the aftermath of the war.
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In an interview with a private British television station, Powell said there had been debates about the size of the force and how to deal with the aftermath.

'The aftermath turned out to be much more difficult than anyone had anticipated,' said Powell, adding he had favoured a larger military presence to deal with the unforeseen.

'I don't think we had enough force there to impose order,' he said on ITV's Jonathan Dimbleby program.

'I made the case to General (Tommy) Franks, to (Defense) Secretary (Donald) Rumsfeld and to the president that I was not sure we had enough troops,' he said.

He argued, however, that his view was not ignored but that those responsible for the troop levels believed they had the appropriate number."