Colin Powell: Patriot - or Traitor?

At one time I thought of Colin Powell as an honorable man, reasonable and relatively sane for a republican. That opinion has long since evaporated.

Steven D at Booman Tribune:

Certainly, he will be called a traitor to Bush. At least, that's how I see the headlines being spun by the right blogosphere regarding this latest revelation from Mr. Powell that he didn't resign as Secretary of State, he was fired by Our Dear Leader.

But I think the case can be made that Mr. Powell's betrayal extends far beyond the bounds of what, if anything, he owed the Royal Bush family. [...]

I wonder, if like Larry Johnson, Mr. Powell no longer considers himself a Republican. It's clear he finally decided, in light of the passage of the Shred the Constitution and Proclaim George Bush King Military Commissions Act, one which he ardently opposed in his testimony in the Senate (for which he was used once again by Bush and McCain) that the time for fealty to Bush the Younger was over.

Too bad he waited so long. This might have done some good back in 2004 when it mattered.

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