{"id":1344,"date":"2007-07-08T18:27:28","date_gmt":"2007-07-08T23:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/quote-of-the-day\/07\/08\/you-didnt-try-hard-enough-stupid\/"},"modified":"2012-12-26T16:15:31","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T21:15:31","slug":"you-didnt-try-hard-enough-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/quote-of-the-day\/07\/08\/you-didnt-try-hard-enough-stupid\/","title":{"rendered":"You didn&#8217;t try hard enough, stupid."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The former American secretary of state Colin Powell has revealed that he spent 2 and a half hours vainly trying to persuade President George W Bush not to invade Iraq and believes today\u2019s conflict cannot be resolved by US forces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I tried to avoid this war,&#8221; Powell said at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. &#8220;I took him through the consequences of going into an Arab country and becoming the occupiers.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2007\/07\/powell-on-iraq.html\">From Mr. Sullivan<\/a> but a better <a href=\"http:\/\/aspenideas.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/07\/powell_strategic_incoherence_o.php\">read on Powell by James Bennet<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former American secretary of state Colin Powell has revealed that he spent 2 and a half hours vainly trying to persuade President George W Bush not to invade Iraq and believes today\u2019s conflict cannot be resolved by US forces. &#8220;I tried to avoid this war,&#8221; Powell said at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. 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