[rambo316]

Laz--

Are you excusing Powell? Remember, this is the same guy who has said that Fidel Castro has done some good things as a Communist Dictator. He has even refered to himself as a "New Deal" kid from the Bronx. And you know that just about everything that happened under FDR was awful for America not in the short run but in the long run. And too your comment about calling Rumsfeld a bad cop- I don't understand your thinking behind that.

Also, Powell has said on many occasions that he could have served in any administration being that he is not really a Republican. No, Lazamataz, Powell is a perfumed Prince just as Col. David Hackworth refers to people like him.

[tomahawk]

In light of this evidence, not only should Arafat not be exiled, he should be arrested and tried in a court of law for premeditated murder and war crimes, intentionally targeting civilian non-combattants.

For the State Dept. to coddle Arafat is an affront to every principle of justice. It is despicable, and makes a mockery of the U.S. war against terror.

[Lazamataz]

Are you excusing Powell? Remember, this is the same guy who has said that Fidel Castro has done some good things as a Communist Dictator. He has even refered to himself as a "New Deal" kid from the Bronx.

Oh, he's a RINO, no question. But Bush is simply playing both sides against the middle here, and what better a person to do the lefty-wishy-washy-touchy-feely-faggy side than someone who actually believes that way?

I share your disgust with Powell, but he is a pawn Bush is pushing.

And too your comment about calling Rumsfeld a bad cop- I don't understand your thinking behind that.

Bad cop as in Tough cop.