glockmail
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I don't see how a General who came up with the Powell Doctrine could vote endorse a candidate that is known to be weak on defense. I've read your opinion but IMHO it's race, spite or both.Well as you saw glock I said perhaps in my earlier posting, I really have no way of knowing. Spite though is to do something in defience of or contempt of. So after his being let go as a result of in fighting between the parties I mentioned above I honestly don't see who he is in defience of. As for the contempt part, a case can be made that he might hold Don Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz and Andy Card in contempt. However IMO it's a simple matter of loyality for Gen. Powell. His loyality was in many ways by the DoD taken advantage of and left Gen. Powell with not much of a choice. Does that tend to make a person spiteful? I can't honestly answer that for Gen. Powell I can only go on his record, which has always been one where he was very loyal to those he served under. He also voted for LBJ and at one time was a democrat and then he was an independant up until 1994 until he decided to commit to the Republican Party. He is noted for being very moderate and is not the type to leap into a situation without deep consideration even in warfare. IMHO glock Gen. Powell's choice of Barack Obama is no great suprise and is a result of what I had mentioned in my previous posting. I just don't see this as a spiteful act, given the history of Gen. Powell. I doubt though he holds Don Rumsfeld in very high regard though.