Thank you, Gen. Powell.

I heard yesterday that Colin Powell, a Repubulican, does not support the nomination of John Bolton as ambassador to the UN.

I have a deep respect for Mr. Powell; As Secretary of State, he was a relatively moderate voice and had diplomacy down pat. Granted, his schtick about weapons of mass destruction was just plain wrong, but hey, lots of people believed the lies.

As time wore on, I think he was relegated to "token black" in the presidential cabinet; I find it interesting that Condoleezza Rice, another African American replaced him.

Since his resignation, he seems to have found his voice. I'm sure that there are lots of rightwingnuts out there who will say that he's just bitter about not getting his way, but I'm not convinced.

Matt Sandwich has quoted an article in the Washington Post, which reminded me that I'd heard about Powell's opposition of Bolton.

It seems that Two GOP senators called Powell for information on Bolton. The WaPo article says this:

"General Powell has returned calls from senators who wanted to discuss specific questions that have been raised," said Margaret Cifrino, a Powell spokeswoman. "He has not reached out to senators," and considers the discussions private.

General Powell did not sign a letter from seven other former U.S. secretaries of state or defense supporting Bolton.

Class act, that man.