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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (7891)	2/13/2003 4:15:28 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 25898

Trust no one :-)

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (7891)	2/13/2003 4:16:29 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

I, at one time, believed in Colin Powell, but he seems to flip-flop and I have lost respect for his objectivity. You have no rational basis for such a feeling.

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (7891)	2/14/2003 2:40:16 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 25898

I, at one time, believed in Colin Powell, but he seems to flip-flop and I have lost respect for his objectivity. What you mean to say is that you liked him when he agreed with you. When subsequently he saw more and better evidence and changed his mind, you didn't like him.

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (7891)	2/14/2003 3:40:36 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Re: I, at one time, believed in Colin Powell, but he seems to flip-flop and I have lost respect for his objectivity. Don't blame Powell... The Secr. of State has merely switched to "automatic pilot". Last autumn, Powell casually announced that he would not be part of a second Bush administration in 2004 UNLESS the Israeli-Palestinian bargaining process resumes.... And even so, he would only prolong his tenure by a month or two. That's an important clue to decipher Powell's behavior. It actually means that the Secr. of State is no longer on a high-pitched/ militant mode... As the first African-American appointed to such a high office in the US government, he must care about his historical legacy, that is, his historical duty towards the African-American minority. That's why his final days handling the US foreign policy must not invite controversy. If Powell screws it up, it'd be the worst disservice ever to the advancement of black people in the higher rungs of diplomatics. Hence his gracious, soft-landing-like bowing-out. Gus