"Blot"

"There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more."
-Colin Powell (April 5, 1937 - October 18, 2021)
Remarks to the United Nations Security Council (February 5, 2003); in an interview (September 2005) with Barbara Walters, Powell was asked about the Security Council speech and responded that it was a "blot" on his record... "it will always be a part of my record. It was painful. It's painful now."