More details on the “resignation” of US Secretary of State Powell:
The effective sacking of Colin Powell as US Secretary of State came after he told President George Bush he wanted greater power to confront Israel over the stalled Middle East peace process.Although Mr Powell’s departure was announced on November 15, his letter of resignation was dated November 11, the day he had a meeting with Mr Bush.According to White House officials, at the meeting Mr Powell was not asked to stay on.“The clincher came over the Mid-East peace process,” said a recently-retired State Department official. “Powell thought he could use the credit he had banked as the President’s ‘good cop’ in foreign policy to rein in Ariel Sharon and get the peace process going. He was wrong.”
Good riddance to Powell if he viewed Israel and PM Sharon as the reasons behind the “stalled” peace process. What about the PLO Arab terror? What about the PLO Arab incitement and propaganda demonizing Israelis and Jews? Methinks Powell was not quite in touch with reality. How else do you explain comments like this:
Mr Powell said:“I think the Palestinians have shown a rather mature approach to the situation they find themselves in, in the immediate post-Arafat period.”
