[rightwing2]

This is just one more victory to chalk up for the conservative "unilateralist" Rumsfeld led faction of the Bush Adminstration against the liberal globalist Powell faction! Now, Bush needs to follow this up by firing Powell and appointing Rummy as the Acting Secretary of State until a suitably conservative replacement for Powell can be found! Bolton would do a fine job I should think. We could put Powell-protege Richard Armitage in a lower ranking less policy sensitive position. Once Bolton became Secretary of State, he could demote all the other Powell appointees which were mostly career diplomats, who tend to be more liberal and Communist dictator/terrorist appeasing, rather than political appointees. Powell has led Bush to make some very bad foreign policy decisions. Firing his butt would do wonders for US foreign policy except for Iraq where the Rummy war faction has got it 100% wrong in pushing for yet another US invasion of that hapless country.

MR. PRESIDENT, WE CONSERVATIVES HEREBY REQUEST, NAY DEMAND THAT YOU FIRE COLIN POWELL FOR POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS UNBECOMING AN AMERICAN POLICYMAKER AND APPOINT JOHN BOLTON TO REPLACE HIM AS YOUR SECRETARY OF STATE!!!

[smith288]

...100% wrong in pushing for yet another US invasion of that hapless country.

Why is the country hapless I ask??? The correct answer is the government....

[Redbob]

This kind of thing keeps up, pretty soon we'll start seeing the kind of "leaks" that plagued the Reagan administration, with one faction trying to one-up the other through leaks to the Wash Post.

[sneakypete]

Now, Bush needs to follow this up by firing Powell and appointing Rummy as the Acting Secretary of State until a suitably conservative replacement for Powell can be found!

While it's probably safe to say I am not the biggest Bubba-2 supporter to be found on FR,firing Powell is something Bubba-2 CAN'T do. He could get away with firing Laura quicker than firing Powell. The most obvious reason for this is that Powell is black,but the real reason is that Bubba-2 can't afford to create a political martyr out of Powell. Powell probably has wet dreams about Bubba-2 firing him.

We could put Powell-protege Richard Armitage in a lower ranking

Armitage is not only a guy who CAN be fired,but a guy that SHOULD be fired.