Powell's Unfortunate Outburst

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Powell's Unfortunate Outburst

The Los Angeles Times | Editorial

Sunday 21 November 2004

Here we go again. Last week, Secretary of State Colin Powell, who apparently is not going to leave office quietly, unexpectedly blurted out that Iran was seeking to outfit a missile with a nuclear bomb. The comment was based, you guessed it, on credible intelligence and reports of exile groups. But, of course, there was no elaborating. Never mind Powell's now-discredited show-and-tell before the U.N. Security Council on Iraq's mythical weapons programs early in 2003, this is the "trust us on national security matters" administration.

What makes the administration's lack of credibility so alarming is that we are under no illusions about the nature of the Iranian regime - or of Europe's ability to police any deal with Tehran, for that matter. Iran is certainly capable of trying to hoodwink the international community by advancing its nuclear weapons program covertly. Last Sunday, Tehran agreed with France, Germany and Britain to freeze its uranium enrichment program temporarily in exchange for trade concessions. .....

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1. Atleast he didn't mention The Tasmanian Pooter Bomb

Why do they call it intelligence gathering when it's done by some bozo in golf clothes trying to look like the natives ?

[cubsfan forever]

2. Powell has lost what ever little brains he entered the

the administration with. He's a pathetic fool.

[autorank]

3. World to Powell: LOL, hahahaha, gimmeabreak, bite me!

[cliss]

4. What is WRONG with this man

He's given his notice. He's leaving, we all know that. And yet, he's out jet-setting all over the place, meeting with leaders here and there. He's in the news several times a day.

He makes statements that are promptly refuted by the White House. He makes counter-statements to rebut that. The WH responds again. What the hell is going on?

What is he trying to prove? This is pissing me off. Cut him loose.

[gordianot]

5. Hilarious. Maybe this is a little payback.

[elfin]

6. I think his parting shot

may have been to "preempt" the Neocons in their gradual buildup to the already pre-determined action against Iran which they hope works as well as their campaign on Iraq.

This is giving him an exteme benefit of the doubt but maybe this is a weird attempt to derail the campaign. It sure has the papers yowling, which is not what this crowd wants.

[pinkpops]

7. Give that man his gold watch and hand him his golf clubs.

What a has-been. He blew it big time. Now he can sit back and watch his son make a fool of himself.