tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621026.post28436526636216115..comments2024-03-29T06:05:04.162+01:00Comments on Robert's Stochastic thoughts: Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14455788499385673507noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621026.post-79678950536829793422010-01-03T14:24:03.489+01:002010-01-03T14:24:03.489+01:00Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your ol...Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621026.post-56406842469163358382008-04-03T13:19:00.000+02:002008-04-03T13:19:00.000+02:00... Feith based Intelligence ...Nice.... makes it ...<EM>... Feith based Intelligence ...</EM><BR/><BR/>Nice.<BR/><BR/><EM>... makes it very hard to consider Colin Powell an honorable man.</EM><BR/><BR/>You say that like there has been any reason to so consider for the past half-decade. I'm hard-pressed to think of anyone whose star has fallen farther than Powell's, at least in my mind. Back in 1992, when there was some talk that he might replace Quayle as Bush I's VP, I considered voting for that ticket, since I did not particularly like Bill Clinton then.<BR/><BR/>I could forgive Powell a little bit, under the "loyal soldier" argument, for not speaking up when the selling job of the Iraq invasion first started. But when he gave that presentation to the UN, and it became clear he didn't believe what he himself was saying, I found that inexcusable.<BR/><BR/>When he compounded the problem by not resigning in a big and noisy fashion before the 2004 election, I saw that as blowing his last chance at a little redemption. To my mind, his soldier-loyalty should have been to the country, probably earlier, but certainly by then.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.com