Comments on: Colin Powell On “Meet The Press” This Sunday http://donklephant.com/2008/10/17/colin-powell-on-meet-the-press-this-sunday/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:53:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mw http://donklephant.com/2008/10/17/colin-powell-on-meet-the-press-this-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-420382 mw Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:05:20 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=9293#comment-420382 I hope he endorses Obama, because I've got a <a href="http://westanddivided.blogspot.com/2006/09/open-letter-to-general-colin-powell.html" rel="nofollow"> real problem with this guy</a>. I am glad that he finally <a href="http://donklephant.com/dev/2007/06/12/powell-agonistes/" rel="nofollow">backpedaled</a> from his performance at the U.N. But in my mind, he is still the primary salesman and enabler of the occupation in Iraq. Without his credibility thrown in support of the war, I doubt we would have gone in. If he stood up and made a strong statement against the occupation based on the <a href="http://donklephant.com/2007/09/06/is-iraq-like-vietnam-lessons-learned/" rel="nofollow"> Powell Doctrine</a>, I am certain that the American people would not have supported the Iraq war. Instead, he was a good soldier, and publicly supported a disastrous policy that he did not believe in. He was against the first gulf war and sold the Bush/Cheney view of the Iraq war to the American people and the world. Wrong on both counts. Great general, but very bad political decision maker. I count his endorsement as a negative. I hope he endorses Obama, because I’ve got a real problem with this guy.

I am glad that he finally backpedaled from his performance at the U.N. But in my mind, he is still the primary salesman and enabler of the occupation in Iraq. Without his credibility thrown in support of the war, I doubt we would have gone in. If he stood up and made a strong statement against the occupation based on the Powell Doctrine, I am certain that the American people would not have supported the Iraq war. Instead, he was a good soldier, and publicly supported a disastrous policy that he did not believe in.

He was against the first gulf war and sold the Bush/Cheney view of the Iraq war to the American people and the world. Wrong on both counts. Great general, but very bad political decision maker. I count his endorsement as a negative.

]]> By: mike mcEachran http://donklephant.com/2008/10/17/colin-powell-on-meet-the-press-this-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-420332 mike mcEachran Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:40:09 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=9293#comment-420332 On Christianne Amanpur's PBS special with five former Secretaries of Sate, Powell gave a telling eye roll to a McCain quote. I don't recall the exact quote he was asked to comment on, but the response was a clear eye roll and a comment that went something like, "That candidate will have to answer for his own remarks." The audience and panel laughed. I thought it was incredibly telling, and not something one would do to a candidate one was about to endorse. No way. On Christianne Amanpur’s PBS special with five former Secretaries of Sate, Powell gave a telling eye roll to a McCain quote. I don’t recall the exact quote he was asked to comment on, but the response was a clear eye roll and a comment that went something like, “That candidate will have to answer for his own remarks.” The audience and panel laughed. I thought it was incredibly telling, and not something one would do to a candidate one was about to endorse. No way.

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