Colin Powell 'willing to serve second term'

[ze_dscherman]

Colin Powell would be willing to continue serving as secretary of state in a second Bush administration if he were able to take a grip on the direction of US foreign policy, a senior official said on Thursday.

According to conventional wisdom in Washington, even if President George W. Bush should win a second term in the November election, Mr Powell would take the opportunity to leave office after the frustrations of being overruled on important policy decisions by a White House in the thrall of neo-conservative ideology.

"He could possibly stay on for a year or 18 months, especially if he is told that the ship of state is available at the helm," the official said.

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The official, who asked not to be named, said there was a possibility that the influential neo-conservatives were "in complete retreat and turning on themselves" after the setbacks in Iraq, and that there would be a "massive exiting". But he also conceded that they could simply be "hunkered down" and might return.

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[Don_G]

1. Hmmmm........

Powell wants a written contract and an unlimited supply of K-Y Jelly for the near term?

[saigon68]

9. Graner--- Late of Abu Ghraib will show him how to apply the K-Y

Maybe Lynnde can ram a light up here to see what is going on.

[FlemingsGhost]

2. I hope he's willing to serve 25-to-life.

War criminal. Traitor.

[qwertyMike]

3. I don't think Kerry wants him. n/t

[whistle]

4. Well thanks, but no thanks Colin....

...Powell lied right along with the rest of the neo-cons. Bush's ass is going to be outta there after the election and the whole BushCo bunch including Colin Powell are out as well. Would it be too much to expect the American voters to sweep out all of the neo-con republicans in congress as well? We can only pray it will be so.

[Disturbed]

7. Colon

He was thinking of applying for the job of Pres. of the World Bank but that org. has been charged with stealing around $100 Billion from poor people, so he decided that he better stay with the thieves he knows.

[I thought so.]

5. When Harry Bellafonte said,

Powell was a house slave many were appalled. It seems to me that Harry was right.

[tom_paine]

6. If true, it just signals that Foul is making overtures to his Bushevik

Masters.

He is a Bushevik himself, a liar and thief and fraud, too.

Fuck him. He is as irrelevant as the rest of these monsters who have stolen our nation.

[gatlingforme]

8. Colin is a moron like the rest, I was hoping in the beginning

he would put some sanity into the administration, but sadly he turned out to be yet another minion to the Bush pukes.

[Loki]

10. He can serve a second term

in Leavenworth.

[Moderator]

11. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=629364