Note to Doug re Powell

[loupaulsen at attbi.com]

I think it is partly part of the sales effort, and partly self-delusion, or, 
more precisely, gross overestimation of their own power and influence and 
underestimation of everyone and everything else.  I think they would probably 
say in their own defence that it was an understandable mistake, even a 
forgiveable one.  They don't understand that the masses have power.  They 
don't understand nationalism.  They don't think that the moral factor has any 
weight ever with anyone.  They believe anyone and every country is for sale.  
And they really believe that generals and bureaucrats and men with millions of 
dollars to throw around have all the power.  I'm sure they believed that 
getting "yes" votes from Guinea, Cameroon, and Angola would take about 15 
minutes.  
> loupaulsen at attbi.com wrote:
> 
> >Doug, remember last week or so Powell was saying that it was pretty certain
> >they would get the war resolution through the Security Council, and you
> >asked "would Powell say that if it wasn't true?"
> 
> Yeah, I remember, and I'm glad it's looking like he was wrong. But 
> they must have known this at the time, so I still don't understand 
> why he'd say something with confidence that wouldn't work out a week 
> later. Was it part of the sales effort, or are they thoroughly 
> self-deluded?
> 
> Doug