[ggekko]

Colin Powell has been a new man after he realized that the French and the Germans lied to him and blatantly manipulated him.

Rummy was always been somewhat more realistic about "Old Europe".

[ImpBill]

"Colin Powell has been a new man after he realized that the French and the Germans lied to him and blatantly manipulated him."

Right on!!!! Powell always had a lot to bring to the table and his shafting by the French especially will make him a much more effective and conservative policy wonk when it comes to foreign affairs. I do believe he has learned much from the school of "hard knocks" when dealing with the Europeans especially.