“First, we're going to cut it off, then we're going to kil…” — Who Said It? Colin Powell, when asked for his policy on the eliminating the Iraqi Army, Jan 1991

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First, we're going to cut it off, then we're going to kill it.

— Colin Powell ‧ when asked for his policy on the eliminating the Iraqi Army, Jan 1991

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