"He must do that to remain in the administration"

And why "must" he remain in the administration, anymore than anyone
"must" remain in the leadership of al-Qaeda, or any other murderous
gang?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin W. Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, February 4, 2002 4:42 am
Subject: Re: [CHOMSKY] How the White House chose the membership of
the'axis of evil'

> alister air wrote:
> >
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > Unsurprisingly, it shows appalling stupidity to have included
> Iran (I know
> > little about North Korea, so won't comment).  Iran is in the
> middle of a
> > long-running, massive reform movement.  The President is
> elected, and is
> > engaging in reform far beyond the religious leaders, and has had
> some> meaningful wins recently.  With the US now calling Iran
> "evil", the
> > hardliners have received a huge boost.
> >
> > I find it frightening that Colin Powell is considered a dove in this
> > administration.
>
> That's only using dove as a relative term, of course.  But Powell
> isn'ta hawk in the abolute sense, IMO.  I disagree with a view
> that he
> belongs in the same category as Kissinger, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Perl, et
> al.  He is a soldier, and he is accepting and following the orders of
> his commander.  He must do that to remain in the administration, and,
> given the rest of the current crew, I would much rather have him there
> than not there.
>
> martin
>
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