the united nations was he succeeded in getting resolution 1441 was set “p in getting resolution 1441 was set up this intensified inspection regime of iraq and i think open and open and mine and others would be that those inspections would be allowed to go on long enough to demonstrate whether or not iraq clearly had met two weapons of mass destruction but people in washington were in such a hurry to go to war they never allow that process to play itself out entirely. i think that was one of the great tactical errors of the bush 43 administration. as well as his polticial and military career, colin powell's achievement for becoming the first black secretary of state, has been remembered today. in the early 2000s jack straw was colin powell's counterpart as foreign secretary in the uk. it's to ronald reagan scrape credit that he was spotted when he was a middle ranking officer in the