Colin Powell Strongly Endorses Hagel For Defense Secretary

[John2]

10. This is becoming

a norm for me defending Powell. He did nothing more than Hillary Clinton or John Kerry when they also approved of attacking Iraq. The public opinion Polls at the time was over whelmingly in favor of attacking Iraq also. I blame this on the Bush Administration's neocons and the American Press. The American Press failed to do their jobs and investigate the Truth. So most of the American Public was taken in. I was one of the few who wasn't. I guess you might have been too, but I can seperate the people who were really pushing it in the Bush Administration. Powell's reactions after the Truth came out explains to me how much he really trusted the intelligence reports put out by other operatives in the Bush Administration. He was fed the information they gave to him. His actions were more telling afterwards unlike Condeleeza Rice's. She is still trying to push the Neo con agenda. I don't see why people still hold her in high esteem?

Apparently Hagel and Powell has evolved on the Gay issue just like President Obama. Let me say something else also. I have primary knowledge myself also about openly Gay people serving in the military because I was in the military at the time Powell was serving as the Joints Chief of Staff. It would have been detrimental to discipline at the time. Powell made a determination based on being the Joints Chief of Staff and gave that to the President, which was his best assessment at the time. Apparently the environment has changed for the better.