Secretary of State Colin Powell “argued that to undertake a broad military campaign, especially including Iraq–whose civilian population draws great sympathy in the Middle East for the suffering it has endured since 1991–would undermine the support [President] Mr. Bush needs now.”
– Patrick E. Tyler and Elaine Sciolino, “Bush’s Advisers Split on Scope Of Retaliation,” The New York Times, Sep. 20, 2001