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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (39913)	3/19/2004 12:24:48 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

By who? If you enter <credibility powell> into Google, you get 131,000 hits. Now I didn't look at all 131,000 but I did scan the first page that came up. Phrases like "Shrinking Credibility" and "damaged credibility" were abundantly apparent. I'd say he has a serious problem. Here's the lead article from the search. Damaged credibility No one's reputation has suffered more damage than Secretary of State Colin Powell's as a result of the Bush administration's misrepresentations of the threat posed by Iraq in the months leading up to war. Other administration officials, such as Vice President Dick Cheney, were more reckless than Powell in making allegations that turned out to be exaggerated or untrue, but none of them enjoyed Powell's reputation for careful language and prudent action on matters of war and peace. In fact, Powell's seemingly meticulous presentation at the United Nations of Iraq's illegal weapons programs was a turning point in marshaling domestic and international support for the White House's decision to go to war. Last week, a wan Powell made a half-hearted effort to vindicate some of his prewar assertions in light of postwar realities. He acknowledged that our government has found no "smoking gun" linking Saddam Hussein's regime to al-Qaida, much less to the Sept. 11 attacks. But Powell still claims that it was "prudent" to have considered "the possibility of such connections" prior to the war. ... from sptimes.com It is not JMO lurqer