According to Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell cited the rule in the summer of 2002 when warning President George W. Bush of the consequences of military action in Iraq: You are going to be the proud owner of 25 million people, he told the president. You will own all their hopes, aspirations, and problems. Youll own it all. Privately, Powell and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage called this the Pottery Barn rule: You break it, you own it.[4] Powell confirmed the quotation on Jonathan Dimblebys Dimbleby program on April 30, 2006.
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