Basically, Colin Pow…

Basically, Colin Powell tipped our hand (slightly) to the world yesterday. Hussein’s going to plug whatever intelligence leaks he can, now that he knows what some of them are. So the Bush administration was putting quite a bit on the line in revealing what they knew, and that’s one thing that should speak in their favor when it comes to who to believe; Powell’s pictures or Iraq’s denials.

But a guest on “Fox & Friends” this morning (don’t recall his name) added an angle to the presentation I’d not thought of (nor had Steve, E.D. and Brian). Given what we know about Iraq’s weapons programs, other regimes in the region must now be wondering what we know about their programs. He said that the video of the MIG with spray tanks attached was probably the one thing that got other ambassadors thinking, “If the US knows that much about Iraq, what do they know about us?” Saudi Arabia is already showing signs that they understand that, having submitted a new proposal to the UN Security Council for one more “last chance” to have Hussein leave or be overthrown. When you hear the blustering from Mideast government officials, just consider that.

The thing that interests me the most is that Powell, whom the left has embraced as some sort of lone voice in the darkness in the midst of a Republican administration, is thoroughly convinced that we must proactively work to remove Saddam Hussein, rather than wait for some sort of attrition to occur. (I wonder if some in the UN plan on just passing resolutions until he’s dead.) And what convinced him was the very evidence he presented. But those on the left that have considered Powell their political soul mate now conveniently doubt him (or at least ignore him) when he starts making a convincing case for “the other side”.

Case in point: The Daily Kos has been utterly unconvinced by the evidence (which is not surprising; he reflexively disagrees with anything that comes from the Bush administration). But just recently, on January 16th, he was confused as to why Colin Powell is a Republican given his position on a number of issues and his actions as a member of Bush’s cabinet. The obvious question is; what does Kos think of Powell now?

When a Republican senator votes against the party line, he’s called “principled” by the left. Now let’s see what happens when this “lone voice in the darkness” realizes he’s been in the light this whole time.

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