So Hillary Clinton wants to send Colin Powell to represent the U.S. as an emissary if she's elected president. This is the same Colin Powell who bucked her husband at every turn, starting with Bill Clinton's intentions to allow gays to serve openly in the military. No way, said Colin Powell, who at the time served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and like sheep wearing Republican clothing, every conservative Democrat echoed his position.
When ethnic cleansing—a euphemism for genocide—was going on in Bosnia, Powell again bucked his commander-in-chief, who wanted to intervene to stop the tragic loss of human life (particularly the Muslim population, who were getting slaughtered by the Serbs under Slobodan Milošević). No way, he said—too many American casualties. When America finally entered the conflict, after his successor took over, of course he was proved wrong when no American lives were lost in combat.
This didn't stop George Bush from appointing him Secretary of State, an exalted position for someone of so little character. With little credibility left, Powell lost even that when, knowing the information he'd received was, in his words, "Bullshit!", he nevertheless went before the U.N. and presented that evidence as justification for entering the war that has ruined our reputation in not just the Muslim world, but everywhere. As Hillary's emissary, he's gonna fix that?
In case you haven't figured it out from my previous posts, I loathe Colin Powell. Truly, I can't think of anyone in Washington I have less respect for. Except maybe Bill Clinton, who is now trying to claim he was against the war all along—a statement easily disproved.
I can still remember the excitement I felt when Bill Clinton was elected president, after 12 years of Republican rule. I also remember the bitter disappointment I felt when he failed to deliver so many of his promises, by letting himself get pushed around by the Republicans and military leaders like Colin Powell.
The Clinton era is over. It was over, for me, in 1993. No more relics from the 90s, please, unless it's the Stone Temple Pilots.
