# Colin Powell Resigns

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-resigns/274859>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 15, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-resigns/274859 "2004-11-15T15:04:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-resigns/274859/61 "2004-11-16T07:08:13Z")

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> [@ouryL](#):
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> Rats leaving the ship?

[Little bit late on that one, **ouryL**.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5496984&postcount=28) Although, I admit, yours is colored prettier.

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-resigns/274859/62 "2004-11-16T12:18:44Z")

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> [@gobear](#):
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> Invading Iraq was a mistake, but one that could have been ameliorated with intelligent, practical policies. Instead, stupidity, laziness, and sheer incompetence have destroyed the country and American credibility.

That’s one of the things that boggles my mind. Why would anyone expect Bush to get us out of this? His thinking and policies got us _into_ this mess. Is he suddenly going to get a brain transplant and do a political 180?

No, 4 years from now we’ll be _deeper_ into this, mark my words.

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-resigns/274859/63 "2004-11-16T21:29:16Z")

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…and us Democrats will be over here going, “John Kerry said it’d be like this.”

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**Author:** ![thursday\_next](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@thursday\_next](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thursday_next)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-resigns/274859/64 "2004-11-17T17:32:01Z")

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If it makes you feel any better **Gobear** , I too was thinking of **Redboss**. I’m extra messed up because I always confuse **Redfury** with a horse I’d love to buy named Redblast. Sorry I’m always confusing you with others, **Redboss**.

Anyway, I liked Colin Powell and thought it was a nifty guy. I would have loved for him to be president. :: sigh :: Moving on, to (hopefully) inject a bit of humour; there’s been a lot of talk about how the Bush cabinet isn’t completely white. As we learned from [Chappelle’s Show](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-15677/epid-302273/), Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice are now both officially white, via his racial draft. Perhaps the feeling was that they needed to bring in more minorities to the Cabinet, so they flipped a coin and Colin lost. It’s the only logical thing I could come up with.

I’m going to take some more medicine now, I’m sure I’ll regret posting later. 😉

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