[justshutupandtakeit]

While the State Department is concerned with long term diplomatic issues which can occasionally differ from short term political ones, there is no divide within the administration.

Most of the blowhards who push these claims that there is are not reputable or knowing. There is no "undermining" of Bush's foreign policy by State no matter how many fantasies you or they might have.

When there are differences of opinion on matters of foreign policy they are worked out and agreed upon.

Why do people have such a hard time figuring out that State is NOT Defense nor vice versa? Why do people forget the "soft cop" vs "hard cop" routine?

WRT Arafat your contention is pure bs. Where did you gain access to meetings with Cheney indicating his opposition to State? Where did you get the idea that Powell is not as roundly condemned as the rest of the administration by the
RATmedia?

If Powell is good enough for W he is good enough for me.

[LibertarianInExile]

I figured it out. This justshutupandtakeit guy has to be a Korean shilling for the DPRK.

It's good cop vs. bad cop. When they can't get idioms down, it's a tipoff.