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MSgt213 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 06:37 AM
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I joke earlier about Zell Miller being Sec of State. Maybe its not that
funny.

The War Cabinet
President Bush needs to reshape his top structure.

Let's take the top three positions.

State: I have just returned from a couple of weeks in Europe, and was very surprised to hear diplomats complaining bitterly that they felt abandoned by Powell. "Where is he?" they lamented, "we supported him and he left us to fend entirely for ourselves."

The proper care of allies is right up near the top of a secretary of State's mission, and the allies don't give Colin Powell a passing grade. For that alone, he needs to go. There are other reasons, too, above all his weasely performance on Iran (every strong presidential statement was instantly followed by leaks from State undercutting the president's words; the secretary's deputy — and best friend — Richard Armitage called Iran "a democracy," which may be the great mal mot of this administration).

Finally, there's Powell supine acceptance of Foggy Bottom's conventional wisdom on every subject, forgetting that the foreign service isn't supposed to make our foreign policy; it's supposed to carry out the president's policies.

Who should replace him? Zell Miller.

http://nationalreview.com/ledeen/ledeen200411090750.asp
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 06:40 AM
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1. Oh, now there would be a nice message sent.
Capture the impulse-control-defecit vote.
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mrdmk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 06:56 AM
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2. Careful what you wish for! You may get it.
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