Posted on 09/30/2006 6:00:05 PM PDT by jmc1969
I.e., Colin Powell was Woodward's principal source, as usual.
**Though Powell remained one of the most admired figures in America, it was not enough to immunize him against attacks.**
Admired by whom? No one I know. Somebody PLEASE tell him to SHUT UP! He's really getting on my nerves.
So what was Powell's solution?
As far as Iraq goes, I seem to remember him being quoted as saying "you break it, you bought it." It's a little late now for him to suggest that it be put back on the shelf.
Colin has not impressed me one bit in his stay at State. He should have been replaced early on.
I'm glad Condi is there now.
Powell and Tenet were Bush's Weakest Links.
Powell has a new book too!
FOTFLOL.
As Tony Snow implied, No one at the White House calls Powell anymore. That must rankle.
The same Powell that let the Plame investigation go on for years when he knew Armitage was the source of the oh so damageing 'leak'. The same Powell who let it go on for years to the detriment of the White House. Powell is the enemy.
Entitled, "If only they had Listened to Me!"
Ffft. Fiction teller Woodward and backstabber Powell can pack sand.
Remember back in the 90s when he was cool? Kind of like ska and slap bracelets?
Does Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi and Dick Durbin have books coming out this month too?
That didn't stop each other from stabbing each other in the back. Bob Woodward book came out in April of 2004 that claims Tenet said "Slam dunk".
Do you think it was coincidence that Sy Hersh's piece on Abu Ghraib came out two weeks later??? I am no nut, but I believe the timing was by no accident.
on the Sean Hannity show in April of 2004, he denied saying that.
Powell is an ungrateful egomaniac. This country has tens of thousands of people who are his equal or better, but he had his pillow fluffed because the Republicans needed to out black the democrats.
Having said that, It's a damn good thing I'm too old to ever need to get a job again.
Wasn't it Powell who was a gainst doing in Hussein under Bush 1? I actually never thought Powell had what it takes.
Powell has opposed taking action in Iraq at least three times. The first was at the end of the Gulf War, when he told Bush I to end the war instead of moving on to Baghdad. The second was during the insurrections of the Kurds and the marsh Arabs, when Saddam was weak and support for the rebels might have toppled him. The third was the 2003 invasion.
I doubt his book says anything about Armitage revealing Plame's identity.
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