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Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile
Bush must've seen Powell as a threat either to his plans or to his brother's (or other cronies') potential future run at the presidency. Powell is a guy who can run on a conservative platform without alienating moderates and the right-wing neocon whack-jobs that own King George II would never allow such a person to usurp their plans to dominate the WH for years to come. For these and who-knows-what-other reasons, Bush II made him the fall guy/liar/face of deception for the fabricated war on Iraq, which also had the "nice" side benefit of destroying CP's credibility.
Neocons. They eat their own.
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As far as being the fall guy, all CP has to say is "I had faulty intelligence. In the position I was in I supported the commander in chief. If elected, I will not put my subordinates in such an untenable position. Next question."
And while palatable to the conservatives and moderates, I feel that many Dems, save the far left whack jobs, could support him on a number of issues. And I don't sdee him as so dogmatic that the areas upon which many americans are divided, that he would alienate those constituents. I think there would be a certain amount of tolerance, agree to disagree attitudes by many voters without it being a deal breaker.
Regardless, I think he's a what you see is what you get no BS kinda guy. He didn't go whining to the media after the UN fiasco. He left. And that spoke volumes as to his character.