Comments on: are you really surprised?

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:15:44 +0000

@xrelix: Agreed… This should have been handled fully during the Gulf War. I think McCain’s been politically hurt by two things: his age, and his having kowtowed, in such an obvious way to his party.

This has been, and will continue to be an interesting election.

By: xrellix

xrellix — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:43:57 +0000

Powell’s (and Mcain’s) fatal flaw was/is loyalty to their Party over Country/World.

I supported the war - but not just because of the WMD threats - but because the 1st Bush (& the U.N) didn’t finish the Job the first time. The error in judgment of us supporters was really not recognizing the incompetence of Bush & his cronies. I agree with Mcain on this - the management was bad, not the war itself - but it will take a true intellect like Obama to bring it to a close while juggling the economy, health etc. (I hope).

By: voghan

voghan — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:39:30 +0000

“Colin Powell, the first African-American Secretary of State, said this afternoon that electing an African-American US president would be “electrifying” for the world” — Nope, I’m not surprised.