Put anything past Powell? LOL How 'bout Bush/Cheney? You're something else Ray. I think the record is clear that Bush/Cheney slanted the intelligence toward going to war and duped both members of congress and apparently Powell with a stacked deck of "facts", minus the stuff that made their case look weak. If Powell was not duped by them and lied purposefully you would be correct about violating his oath I guess.
They fed Powell crap and kept him in the dark and didn't listen to him when they went into war about how it should be conducted, like sending sufficient forces to win, and so Powell was out of there.
Like I said before, Powell would have gained back my respect had he spoke before election 2004 about this, I don't know what his deal is with that. Perhaps too much respect for the Office of the President or maybe he wasn't so sure about being duped just yet, maybe he didn't like Kerry as much as Obama, but that doesn't seem likely both being vets and all. At any rate, he's had enough of the disaster now and he's speaking out...
Irie