Well, Bush, we have news this morning that your Powell has resigned. I'm hoping you're as disappointed as I am, but if you plan to keep going with your Rumsfeld and your Rice (not to mention your Cheney,) I guess you're probably relieved to see him go. He must have been a bit of a thorn in the side of the Bush war program, even though his opposition seems to have been easily quashed by the louder voices of those others. I myself wish he could have followed his gut and spoken out more strongly: "You break it, you own it" was a caution that proved prophetic, though obviously not persuasive. While I have no idea, of course, what went on between the two of you, I wish he could have found a way to make the point more forcefully. On the other hand, to make a point, you need to be talking to someone who's prepared to listen, and I'm not at all sure that you, Bush, were ready to listen to contrarian views. According to everything I've learned, you had your mind made up, and heeded only the advice that supported your conclusion. More's the pity, given the terrible loss of life lost, the goodwill squandered, the monetary debt incurred.
I can see why you picked Powell in the first place. He has a vast army of admirers in the United States--and throughout the world. He projects the powerful image of an honorable and compassionate man, and has a general's leadership credentials: he led your father's Iraq war, and made it look like the slam-dunk that you were promised for yours. He added an image of distinction to your scrappy gang. As my wife said this morning when we heard about the resignation, he was the only man in your close entourage who seemed to possess a little sanity. Still, eventually he disappointed me, along with many others: from our vantage point, he did seem to capitulate too easily to the bellicose voices of your war promoters.
So I wonder, with some trepidation, who you'll chose to replace him? Please God it will not be another yes-man to the Bush agenda. They say there are more resignations due very soon. I suppose Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Ridge, and Wolfowitz would be too much to hope for?
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