[...] I didn’t start editing that video until late Sunday, deliberating over choice of music. I don’t know how well the Alison Krauss song fits (maybe not at all) but there’s something spiritually soothing in its sound. The photos are somewhat randomly chosen from my files (exceptions being the ones of Frank Buckles and personal photos provided by Shannon Galloway, Justine McDermott, and Sheba Khan- mother to Kareem Khan). [...]

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I thought Powell’s referencing of Khan was the most noteworthy part of the interview. I sensed more emotion behind his recollection of the photo than I did in his endorsement of Obama. Unfortunately, I can see by some of the posts here that some people still don’t get it.

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Wordsmith you are the voice of reason on this topic.

And I did not see it above but confess the rants made my eyes sad so I pushed down to the bottom:

Thank You for your Service Kareem. Oorah from this former Marine.

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Yeah I saw that Craig, hilarious;

Biden speaking before a group in Seattle:

Mark my words,” the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. “It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We’re about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don’t remember anything else I said. Watch, we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy.”

“I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate,” Biden said to Emerald City supporters, mentioning the Middle East and Russia as possibilities. “And he’s gonna need help. And the kind of help he’s gonna need is, he’s gonna need you – not financially to help him – we’re gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it’s not gonna be apparent initially, it’s not gonna be apparent that we’re right.”

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LOL! You have to read this, it is incredible. Joe Biden gaffes again, but this time it is a gift for McCain/Palin

Biden Makes Fantastic Commercial – for McCain
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/

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Let me clarify:

1) Bush acted on Powell’s recommendation to end hostilities. He was not “just following orders”.

2) Destroying the Republican Gurad was not the same thing as removing saddam from power.

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Cecil, I’m not talking about going in and taking out saddam. I’m talking about destroying his Republican Guard when we had the chance. It was the Discovery channel years ago that I saw the “bully” comment. Destroying the guard and removing saddam from power are not the same things.

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Barbara! I read your post and found nothing either untrue or racist. some have real problems with the truth and show their ignorance when they attack it. One thing I think you forgot. Powell was responcible for many security leaks, and the real reason Bush didn’t charge anyone, after all he was supposed to be on his side. He was asked to resign and not to stay on until Condi was affirmed, just shown the door.

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Why did Powell do this? To put it simply, payback and opportunity

He wasn’t a fan of both Persian Gulf Wars, he probably resents his role at the UN conference in 2003, Obama has been stroking his ego for the last 12 months, and Powell wants to get back into power again (secretary of state, defense, etc.,).

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Hard Right,

“Well Cecil, my understanding was that Powell made the final call on not going after the RG. He himself said as much and for the reason previously stated. He made the decision out of touchy-feely politics.”

I do not recall that Powell said any such thing. He did, however, repeat and support President Bush’s decision on the situation. In Bush’s book A WORLD TRANSFORMED, Bush makes the argument that taking out Saddam would have fractured the alliance and would have caused much more hardship and lives than the coalition would have allowed. Remember Syria was also part of the alliance and they were Ba’athist along with the Saddam regime.

In 1992, the United States Secretary of Defense during the war, Dick Cheney, made the same point:

“I would guess if we had gone in there, I would still have forces in Baghdad today. We’d be running the country. We would not have been able to get everybody out and bring everybody home. And the final point that I think needs to be made is this question of casualties. I don’t think you could have done all of that without significant additional U.S. casualties, and while everybody was tremendously impressed with the low cost of the (1991) conflict, for the 146 Americans who were killed in action and for their families, it wasn’t a cheap war. And the question in my mind is, how many additional American casualties is Saddam (Hussein) worth? And the answer is, not that damned many. So, I think we got it right, both when we decided to expel him from Kuwait, but also when the President made the decision that we’d achieved our objectives and we were not going to go get bogged down in the problems of trying to take over and govern Iraq.”

I was led to believe at that time, that the hope was for the Iraqis to rise up and do the job on Hussein themselves. Unfortunately, when several thousand Iraqis tried to do this in Basra, President Bush and the coalition did nothing to help. This led to the slaughter of those who stood up against Iraq. Basra was not very excited to see troops come in during this last war. Reserved would have been a good way to describe their attitude.

As I stated earlier, relax a bit about Powell and the First Gulf War. He was following orders, orders which were well known at the Pentagon during that time. That was then, this is now. I am completely convinced that Powell has sold out and based on what I have read here and in other places, it did not take much for him to make this decision. It was his decision to make but I question why he made it publicly. Just read where McCain wondered why he was not informed of it. Adds to my strong feelings that Powell sold out bigtime!

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