This one is being reported all over the place. But it shows Colin Powell in a refreshing new light. According to a new book he called the neocons fucking crazies. Quoting this article:
At least since September 11 2001, the neocons, who were well described by Colin Powell in a conversation with Jack Straw as "fucking crazies", and who comprise Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Feith, Bolton, Libby (Cheney's chief of staff), Abrams, Perle and others, have dictated the foreign policy of the Bush administration. They are, to coin a phrase, "the axis of evil" in Washington. Yet as late as 2004 the British prime minister did not "quite understand" about them.
Go Colin! He nailed it on the head there. I actually don't think he will pay much of a price for this. First, he was going to leave this crazy ass administration anyway. Second, I heard some administration representative trading on Colin's good name as a justification for how Bush is going to bring foreign countries into the Iraq quagmire in his second term.
One has to wonder why Bush can't court more allies today. I suppose one also has to wonder why Bush continues to blame everything wrong on Clinton's administration when he has been in power for four years, and the Republicans control every organ of the federal government.
Posted by jherr at September 20, 2004 05:42 PMHeresay. And Powell will "vigorously deny" the alleged quote when the book is published, with this on the cover to promote sales.
Trying to use this to promote the idea that Colin Powell is on your side is like honestly believing that John McCain would have run as Vice President with John Kerry.
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