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Colin Powell shocker

Posted by Sini

In Powellspeak, a confidant is a hired hand who will tell a reporter about the misgivings Powell always had (from the beginning. Really!) regarding a given policy once its failure has been proven beyond the shadow of a doubt.

It is this kind of duplicity disguised as loyal-soldierdom that has made him one of the most respected figures in Washington.

So what is his latest revelation, "privately told" to "friends?" That the insurgents are winning in Iraq.

We'll all be grateful if Powell's semipublic finding is widely publicized and helps sink his boss. And he'll be able to leave public service with a spotless record, one of utter competence and a barrel of principles he never bothered standing up, not even once, when it counted.

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