[DouglasKC]

Never in a million years would Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Powell, have put an inexperienced Lieutenant, or EVEN an experienced Lieutenant Colonel, in command of an Army Corps. Never. It would not have happened. Yet, he would promote Obama, a man with zero executive, zero military, and zero business experience, to be Commander in Chief. Only a fool would not look for another answer to Powell’s peculiar decision. The ONLY rational answer lies in politics and in legacy.

Excellent points and good post xzins.

[xzins]

Every experienced retiree or military member on Free Republic...heck, in the whole country...knows that General Powell never would have promoted even a Lieutenant Colonel to lead a Corps.

It wouldn’t have happened. It wouldn’t have been considered.

This was a race-based decision and it’s obvious.