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Powell's Intrusion
Washington Post ^
| 11/25/01
| George F. Will
Posted on 11/25/2001 4:59:08 AM PST by veronica
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:35 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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When Colin Powell retired as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1993, he quoted Thucydides: "Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most." It might have been an impressive example of restraint if the United States had husbanded its power and continued to refrain from intruding itself, with special emissaries and multiplying plans, into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
However, Secretary of State Powell's Louisville speech about that conflict was useful because it demonstrated that there really is nothing much to be usefully said on the subject at the moment.
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posted on
11/25/2001 4:59:08 AM PST
by
veronica
To: dennisw; Cachelot; vrwc54; College Repub; hsszionist; tex-oma; WileyCoyote22; Fred25; Lent...
Try a Conservative writer for a change, anti-Israel types.
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posted on
11/25/2001 5:01:40 AM PST
by
veronica
To: Phil V.; God_isa_Jew; virgil123; JohnHuang2; CommiesOut; malarski; GROUCHOTWO
And no, he's not a 'neocon' either.
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posted on
11/25/2001 5:03:32 AM PST
by
veronica
To: veronica
The next time Powell meets with the world's senior terrorist, he should ask Arafat: Do you deny, in spite of abundant historical and archeological evidence, that the Temple Mount is the location of the Second Temple, destroyed in 70 A.D.?. . . [silence] . . .
Is that your final answer?
To: veronica
George Will bump
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posted on
11/25/2001 9:05:14 AM PST
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vrwc54
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: veronica
Sharon and Arafat still have to deal with General Anthony Zinni.
To: veronica
George F. Will is neither a conservative nor a neocon columnist. He is a waterboy for the special interest groups and will argue with all kinds of convoluted reasoning just to prove his point. Powell's Intrusion article is a good example of George's convoluted reasoning, with facts and self-righteous opinions, intermingled in a free style mixture.
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11/25/2001 12:51:41 PM PST
by
malarski
Comment #9 Removed by Moderator
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