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To: stockman_scott who wrote (122980)	1/10/2004 2:26:20 AM
From: GST	Respond to of 281500

< In Errol Morris's documentary on Robert McNamara, The Fog of War, the former secretary of defence of the Vietnam war era justifies his refusal to take a stand against a disastrous policy he believed could never succeed as selfless service to President Johnson. Powell has now offered his case for failing to resign in the same terms, but making no argument for principle. His pathos begs the questions of whether he ever believed in anything greater than his sterling career, how complicit he has been in his own plight and whether he has been the good soldier as enabler. Now the fate of the "diminished" Powell will inevitably be raised as a contentious issue in the harsh arena of campaign politics. In the final frame, Powell is about to lose all control.> Unfortunate but true, it is hard to respect Powell on foreign policy after his performance as part of the Bush Administration.