Powell's speech to the UN is deeply etched in my memory. I don't see him as you do, Schlack, as being on the same par with the other neo-con's who have trampled our international standing in the muck of their misguided dreams of absolute hegemony. I believe the reports that I have read, as expressed by others here, that great pressures were brought to bear on Powell before he agreed to this act of chicanery, and that he was ashamed of himself even while he was delivering the infamous presentation. I remember listening to him and thinking to myself that he sounded like he was deathly sick.
I think the same is true of the current batch of military leaders, who are forced by their loyalty, by the threat to their careers, or by other factors that only they and their masters in the Executive Branch know about . . . I mean think about it, which of you would be willing to be the next Janet Karpinski? Get with the program! The surge is working! Right??? RIGHT????
