Powell Knows Better

The library shelves are full of dusty, unread books by shunned consiglieri and courtiers of great men. Men like Richard Clarke, Paul O'Neill, and sadly Colin Powell are too undisciplined and think themselves too self-important to keep their mouths shut -- really a failure to see the forest for the trees. By coming "clean" about the disagreements over war planning in Iraq, which Powell and his staff recently did in this article appearing in GQ Magazine, they leave themselves to be defined by Bush. It is their disagreement with his policies that define them, rather them playing a defining role in his administration's policies. In the GQ article one cannot get over the countless hours that must have been spent on taxpayer time for Wil Hylton to get his scoop. I don't doubt Powell's worth ethic, which is self-evident, but better men would spend their time more wisely.