[HairOfTheDog]

Stupid, Powell, really, really STUPID!

Powell is doing exactly the job he is supposed to do. Powell's job is to be the diplomat that can meet with anyone he needs to, keep the door open.... not to be a hawk. That is why there is both a Dept of State and a Dept of Defense.

[FairOpinion]

The problem is not diplomacy, the problem is that the State Department and Powell are not on the same page with the Bush Administration, and they keep undercutting our official policies openly. Just read this excerpt from the article:

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"Powell also reminded listeners in a radio interview that President Mohammad Khatami won elections and said that Iranian rulers might make concessions to the protest movement.

The Bush administration annoyed the Iranian government last month by coming out strongly in support of student protests last month against Iran's clerical rulers. "

[habs4ever]

Considering Iran is a member in good standing of the Axis of Evil, Powell ought not to be so solicitous of offending the opinion of the mullahs.It is bad policy, especially when they can be cracked wide open.