[Mark Hamilton]

Bushs real mistake was in listening to Colin Powell and the state department. They proffered the absurd advice that the US should depend on the UN for legitimization of our foriegn policy.

After the war is over, I hope Bush sacks Powell. Then the President should get a Secretary of State with more backbone.

[Destro]

and Rumsfeld too and Wolfowitz.

[shhrubbery!]

After the war is over, I hope Bush sacks Powell.

Bush won't sack Powell, but Powell's stock has plunged. Not only has his advice proved worthless, but the Powell-worshippers have lost faith in him too since he ended up backing war. He won't be taken seriously anymore.

[Hugin]

Bushs real mistake was in listening to Colin Powell and the state department. They proffered the absurd advice that the US should depend on the UN for legitimization of our foriegn policy.

I'm not so sure. I don't think we would have been ready to go any sooner, and the political flak would have been worse. At least people can't say that Bush didn't try to settle this diplomatically (OK some people will say it, but it won't fly). And the side benefit is that the UN has been thouroghly discredited, and the French have been exposed as the duplicious anti-American scum they always were. Nobody will henceforth give a damn about what they think about how we handle the global War on Terror anymore. That's a good thing.

[ApesForEvolution]

Amen, Amen and Amen.