Bush Censure by Envoys May Be a First, Historians Say

[donsu]

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=alMjDzShgJkQ&refer=us

The statement by 27 former diplomats and military officers on Wednesday calling for the defeat of U.S. President George W. Bush may be unprecedented.

``Their prominence and seniority and influence when in their diplomatic or military posts, and their number, is really remarkable,'' said Richard Kohn, the Pentagon's chief Air Force historian from 1981-1991 and chairman of the University of North Carolina's peace, war and defense curriculum in Chapel Hill.

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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday said the U.S. group's statement was politically motivated. ``I disagree with their point of view,'' Powell, 67, said in an interview with the Arab television channel Al-Jazeera. ``They wish to see President Bush not reelected. I do not believe that will be the judgment of the American people.''

The Bush campaign has more than 80,000 veteran and military volunteers and 49 Medal of Honor recipients who support the president, spokesman Scott Stanzel said. There are just 130 living recipients of the highest U.S. military award, according to the Web site http://www.medalofhonor.com .
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[merh]

1. What I don't understand, is how is it Powell continues to defend this

administration. Do they have a family member kidnapped and in isolation somewhere with panties on their head. Powell is such a huge disappointment.

[LittleApple81]

2. I read some time ago about a ring of pedophile-providing criminals

and how the reports were eliminated, victims intimidated, etc. etc. because they were being provided to MANY WASHINGTON DC political luminaries and they did not want the information to come out.

I don't have any reason to believe/disbelieve these reports, but the more I see people like Powell and McCain, who are within the "normal person" range in the repug party, drinking the Kool Aid and actively supporting King George's madness, the more I think that BushCo have the "goods" on them and they HAVE to follow orders.

[donsu]

4. snake Powell is less then he seems

nt

[Cat Atomic]

8. Simple. Powell's a neocon, too.

Alot of people give Powell credit he doesn't deserve. He's always been a creep.

[Hoping4Change]

9. Powell is way over-rated. He is where is is because he has always

towed the line and been a yes man.

[teryang]

3. This repudiation of bush by government pros

...went almost unreported in the broadcast media. It wasn't even carried by CSPAN.

I guess the statement before the National Press Club wasn't prestigous enough. (sarcasm)

[Loki]

5. How does Colin Powell continue to support Bush.

It's called moral cowardice.

[still_one]

6. what I don't understand is how little coverage this received

in the mainstream media...

[seabeyond]

7. yup, and some viet vet and a small group trash kerry

adn there is a news broadcast of their speech cutting into other programs

a man that has attacked kerry for 3 decades, a man that has questionable history, and a man that lied in his presentation and it wasnt called or investigated.

liberal press we have