Colin Powell Resigns

Anarcho-Goth writes "It is all over the media now. Secretary of State Colin Powell has resigned 'effective at your pleasure.' He says that he only planned to hold the position for one term anyway, but I'm sure the rumor mill has other ideas. This makes 6 resignations since the election. My local TV news described it as the most important position to resign so far. Isn't Secretary of State the most important cabinet position, period? Articles from CNN, The UK Guardian, The Associated Press, and Fox News."

Comments

Re:Replacement will send signal

[SewersOfRivendell]

She's a doer, not a talker, and doesn't like all the pomp and ceremony associated with the foreign affairs position.

Please. She's either a liar or incompetent, and probably both. You don't seem to be aware that she is currently position the National Security Advisor -- i.e., the person who should have known about 9/11 before it happened. From the Washington Post:

Just weeks ago, Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's national security adviser, made a trip to the Middle East that was widely seen as advancing the peace process. There was speculation that she would be a likely choice for secretary of state, and hopes among Republicans that she could become governor of California and even, someday, president.

But she has since become enmeshed in the controversy over the administration's use of intelligence about Iraq's weapons in the run-up to war. She has been made to appear out of the loop by colleagues' claims that she did not read or recall vital pieces of intelligence. And she has made statements about U.S. intelligence on Iraq that have been contradicted by facts that later emerged.

The remarks by Rice and her associates raise two uncomfortable possibilities for the national security adviser. Either she missed or overlooked numerous warnings from intelligence agencies seeking to put caveats on claims about Iraq's nuclear weapons program, or she made public claims that she knew to be false.

And nobody rewards failure like Bush, so Secretary of State it is.

Re:God Bless America

[Atzanteol]

Wow... If one of my children had a teacher who spoke like that of other countries I'd demand they be removed from the class.

Re:Colin Powell for President!

[HotNeedleOfInquiry]

It's a pity that he had to be the Secretary of State under Bush -- think of what he could have accomplished under Clinton instead of Ms. Albright.

Yeah, point man for recovering semen-spotted dresses from interns.