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watch Powell's take on Gitmo....

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/10/powell-gitmo/

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

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Powell is awesome.

<p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>

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A question kind of related to this: Why is Colin Powell not a candidate for the Presidency in 2008?

From this distance he would seem to be a more than viable option.

Graeme

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I think he has had enough of politics. He saw first hand how corrupt it really can get.

pkrause

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When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
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Quote:
Powell also sounded off on conservatives, including Vice President Cheney, who oppose diplomacy with Syria and Iran, calling their view “short-sighted.” Powell endorsed direct talks “not to solve a particular problem or crisis of the moment or the day, but just to have dialogue with people who are involved in this region in so many ways.”

I have been saying this for some time.

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“[W]e have shaken the belief that the world had in America’s justice system by keeping a place like Guantanamo open… We don’t need it, and it’s causing us far more damage than any good we get for it.”

I have defended America's right of operate Guantanamo but I have held back on saying whether it was a good or bad idea. That is because I am not privileged to the intelligence gained by the interpretations there. I have maintained that there should be judicial review over the operations there. Powell's opinion weighs a little more with me since he has been privileged to secret information. However I am still hesitant to jump on any bandwagon.

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