The Secretary of Selling-Out gets out...

As expected, Powell resigned today and will leave as a replacement is chosen.

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said today that he would resign as soon as a successor was chosen, the result of what he described as a longstanding agreement with President Bush that he would serve only four years as the nation's chief diplomat.

According to reports of the Washington buzz, it is highly likely that current National Secretary Advisor Condoleezza Rice will be Powell's successor. While Powell has known as a reasonable voice in an otherwise radical administration, whose ideas of loyalty to the president win out every time to his ideals and instincts, Rice's only contribution is her unquestionable loyalty coupled with her unquestionable incompetence.

People give Powell a pass, knowing that he disagrees with the way this war has been justified and waged to this point. The only problem is that this debate happens behind closed doors. Staying on message and supporting your boss is respectable asset to a point, but going to bat for a lie, the way he has done so often in the last four years, has tarnished his reputation. He will always be remembered as the man who went to the U.N. and lied to the world about our intelligence and our threats and cost over a thousand U.S. troops their lives.

When you align yourself so closely with war criminals and crooks, you are complicit in their crimes. Powell's resignation of his position should have happened two years ago before the resignation of his integrity and our respect.