Colin Powell resigns

[pblse]

The last moderating voice in the Bush administration quits.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

Really? That sucks a duck.

He sorta deserved something for that "aluminum tubes" fiasco, but not this.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4170163

Colin Powell Resigns as Secretary of State

NPR.org, November 15, 2004 - Secretary of State Colin Powell has resigned from President Bush's cabinet, according to State Department officials.

In journalist Bob Woodward's book Plan of Attack, an inside look at the White House's preparations for the Iraq war, Powell was portrayed as the member of Bush's cabinet most vocal in his misgivings about going to war in Iraq.

But in the lead up to the U.S.-led invasion, Powell also made the United State's case for war before the United Nations, presenting evidence -- much of which has since been cast into doubt -- that Saddam Hussein's regime possessed banned weapons of mass destruction.

Powell handed President Bush his letter of resignation a few days ago and plans to stay until his successor has been confirmed. Many had long assumed Powell would serve just one term as secretary of state.

Powell is the latest member of the president's cabinet to resign. Last week, Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Don Evans announced they would not stay on for Mr. Bush's second term.

Three guesses as to why he resigned though.

 

[Absinthe]

Well... shit.

 

[The Monkey]

The only one in the administration that had earned my respect. Oh, well.

 

[qckbeam]

Ah shit....

 

[umop]

The only one in the administration that had earned my respect. Oh, well.

Me too, me too.