Byden frames his vote for the war as a way of weakening the bush administration, neokans, whom he genuinely disdains. Powell's course is one that runs through the united nations and infery. This is a war foretold. And what powell really did was make the war possible for respectable people to embrace because it followed rules of process liberalism. Bydon in his speech, arguing not just for strengthening powell's approach, but is actually gloating to neocons about how he has been like, having all these great conversations with george bush or condeles or rice.