Former Secretary of State Colin Powell resurrects the old 'not enough troops for Iraq' complaint today, much to the delight of war critics.  He has the obvious ligitmacy of actually having been in a President's war cabinet at one time. Powell now maintains that he had raised the case for more troops to be deployed for the occupation phase.  Condi Rice, however, said that: ...she did not "remember specifically" what instance Powell was referring to on his recommending to President George W. Bush that more troops be sent. Condi is probably right since Powell has obviously forgotten about the following in relation to the troop strength issue: — Powell failed to deliver on the primary operational aspect of OIF that could have prevented the 'insurgency' we see today: convincing Turkey to allow the passage of the 4th Infantry Division so that it could attack from the north and seize the Sunni Triangle.  Neither Powell nor any of his State Department functionaries have...(Read Full Post)