[normy]

He is not a reluctant warrior but a soldier who believes if your gonna fight a war go balls to the walls. He had no problem with the Highway of Death, Bush41 and his pr advisor's did. As a man who has been in war, he knows its ugly and if politicians do not have the will to fight it then soldiers lose their lives unnecessarily.

as far as the Sec. State thing goes, the guy was bad at it. He expected people to be men of their words and conduct themselves with honor, not backstabbing slime balls. He is not a politician and so his attempts to be one failed.

[Naptowne]

I am mostly in agreement with your post. I might not go as far to say he was a bad Sec. of State, but it certainly wasn't the best job for him and he wasn't the best choice for the job. I have no problem with people criticizing that aspect of Colin Powell, but the people on here who are questioning his patriotism and his capablities as a military strategist could not be more mistaken. I think Condoleeza Rice would have been a better choice to put at State from the start and I think Powell would have made an extremely capable Sec. of Defense.