We will not have won this war until the left admits we have. And GWB has firmly laid the groundwork for them to successfully claim a clear loss in Iraq.

with people who are right all the time on all the big decisions, you are going to be a lonely person.

One of the blog writers stated in the Obama/Powell commentary the following: “So we must ask again: what does Barack Obama really believe, and what is he saying simply because he thinks it will help him get to the White House?”
In my opinion it’s the right question, but he’s asking it of the the wrong man. Obama has been consistent in his message on the war. The question really is best asked of Mr. Powell. He’s the one who initially supported the war and now supports Obama. Mr. Powell is the one who was for the war…that is, before he was against it.
I assume that the second half of the blog writer’s question must be rhetorical – after all, who among us does not believe that a candidate will say or do ANYTHING to get himself/herself elected.

I am being gracious.

I have never believed that Colin Powell was a Republican nor a friend of the Bush administration. I believe if Bush made mistakes, hiring those his enemies was one of his biggest.

Powell is a liberal at heart and his announcement, meant to be timed a very crucial time of this election , was no surprise. No Republican would actually yearn for a more liberal Judge on the Supreme Court.

The timing surprised me because I thought he was more honorable than that – - guess it was his military background that fooled me.

I was wondering when the libs would realize that Powell was Bush SecState and leading architect of Gulf War II. Ipso ergo sum, he should be frogmarched to jail.

If Obama was consistent, he would’ve disavowed Powell’s endorsement on those grounds alone.

Of course, if Powell was consistent, he wouldn’t associate himself with those loopy obamanaut peacenik libs. These are the pinkos that spit on U.S. servicemen coming home from Vietnam.

It won’t be difficult for either of them. Powell stated years ago that he had been misled by the intelligence on WMD (as had the rest of the intelligence community). See here.

It will be very easy for him to state that he only supported the war because he believed false information.

As for strategy, Powell wanted a much larger invasion force. IMHO the bad strategy was due to Rumsfeld. If Powell had got his way the Surge would have happened in 2003.

Colin Powell needs the Media to reform his legacy of being proven wrong at every turn for the last 18 years. He advised not to go into Baghdad and finish the job in the first Iraq War, which would have obviated the rest of history since. He enabled Clinton’s fecklessness regarding terrorism. He spearheaded (reluctantly) the liberation of Iraq – which he didn’t believe in – then stabbed Pres. Bush in the back at every turn as his Sec. of State. Now, he is completing the circle of incompetent advice to the country while sniffin’ for a job by paying his pennance to Lord Obama and the Media by again stabbing in the back the one man who was right during the whole War, and pegged the credit crisis..

After hearing and reading Powell’s non-sensical endorsement, I honestly doubt that this is anything more than another Black guy endorsing Barack to stick it to Whitey so that he looks good in the history books.

I think the immediate reaction most people had when they heard Powell endorsed Obama was, “Of course he did, he’s black.” And you know what, they’re right. Powell has never endorsed a single white liberal politician in his life.

I think this unfortunate mentality among too many people in the African-American community, that every single decision has to be looked through the prism of race, infuriates a lot of white people, even good, non-racist ones.

It’s very similar to how most black people actually rallied around O.J. after he was accused of killing his wife. It had nothing to do with the facts of the case, just the man’s skin color. If you asked a friend off the record what they thought about how most of the black-community was supporting O.J., you would get a very negative response.

I think if anything, this endorsement just stokes the Bradley effect this election.

And that goes all the way back to 1996 or so when Republicans were hoping against hope that he’d run for the GOP nomination.

Of course, that’s not to diminish any of his military accomplishments. And, yeah, the Gulf War went quickly and smoothly. But, let’s face it, it wasn’t the biggest military undertaking this nation has ever faced.

Since that time, I’ve regarded Colin Powell as something of a milquetoast who values, over everything else, being universally admired as a statesman and sage.

But why is he so admired? Because he got his four stars? Well, that’s a very genuine and rare accomplishment. But it’s not that rare. I’ve never heard him say anything that struck me as unusually wise and profound.

I’m sure people will say this is just sour grapes from the endorsement. But, really, I’ve thought this about him for a long time.

We shouldn’t pretend that we don’t know what he believes. We know.

Let me ask all of you folks posing the “Socialism issue” a simple question. What is it about Obama’s plan that suggests he’s a socialist? The fact that he wants to tax the extremely wealthy and cut taxes for the extremely poor? This isn’t a redistribution of wealth. There’s nothing here that suggests Obama is interested in taking that money from the wealthy and GIVING it to the poor. That’s not what he’s doing with his tax plan. He’s simply putting the burden of our society a little bit more on the shoulder’s of those who can most handle it and taking it a little off of those who can’t. That burden of our society, as Powell so clearly put it in his Meet The Press appearance includes maintenance of our roads, police forces, fire departments, schools, public infrastructure like bridges, public utilities (sewer, water, gas), our military, etc. Now I don’t know about you, but I tend to think that these burdens of our society are incredibly important to us as a nation. And its easy for me to say because I’m not in the 5% of the country who’d be taxed a little more, that I think taxing the rich is a good way to go towards making sure those things are ensured and supported by our government. Hell, whatever taxes I would end up paying under an Obama presidency I would much prefer go towards these VITAL services. Call me a Socialist if you like, but I just think I’m a patriot.

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If that has something to do with Obama’s socialist friends, well then you’re right about me not doing my homework. Please educate me.

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Are you referring to the field turf in baseball stadiums?

…because if Obama wins the presidency, dissent will no longer be the left’s idea of the highest form of patriotism.

Anyone who turns on Barry like Powell turned on the GOP will be thug-bait.

The answer is the same: he is a liberal!

So he decided Clinton, as a fellow liberal, was just fine in ’96.

He might be endorsing Big Brobama because of race, but the other reason is clear: basic liberalism.

Powell is not a Republican, and probably never has been in his heart: note his “pro-choice” advocacy as far back as the mid-’90′s.

A comment was made above about McCain making his military service the “centerpiece” of his campaign.

All I can say is: Huh?

Certainly not like Kerry did by any means! I have not heard McCain’s ordeal in Vietnam mentioned in months. And just as well! Americans do not like to hear that they owe an office to a candidate because of his military service (rf. Kerry).