Colin Powell: “Guantanamo has cost us a lot over the years in terms of our standing in the world and the way in which despots have…”

I regret it. I will always regret. It was a terrible mistake on all our parts.

Now, to his credit, Colin Powell repented for the monstrous deception of the Iraq war.

What I want to bring to your attention today is the potentially much more sinister nexus between Iraq and the al-Qaeda terrorist network, a Nexus that combines classic terrorist organizations and modern methods of murder.

Bad news doesn't get better with time.