General Powell

Throughout World War 1990 we have portrayed General Colin Powell as mild mannered, confident, self assured and reasonable. This at least fits with his public persona during Desert Storm. There was something so lethal in the way he said of Saddam's army, 'We're going to cut of its head, and then we're going to kill it.

Time and again in the World War series, General Powell simply assess the situation and tells the president the truth. Its been a real pleasure to write about him, and even something of an honor.

'I serve at the discretion of the president,' he used to day as secretary of state.

Just so.

He was already something of a celebrity before Desert Storm. After the war he became, and remains one of the most respected living Americans.

Which means it was always nuts for Hillary! to try to drag him into here whole email disaster. Check this out:

“I told her staff three times not to try that gambit. I had to throw a mini tantrum at a Hampton’s party to get their attention. She keeps tripping into these ‘character’ minefields,” Powell lamented. He noted that he had tried to settle the matter by meeting with Clinton aide Cheryl Mills in August.

Who are these goddamn people? When someone like Colin Powell 'throws a mini tantrum' this should get their attention, perhaps cause one to reconsider what one is doing, maybe get out of town for a while. Or I should say, who do these goddamn people think they are? Cheryl Mills, Huma Abadin, they're political lickspittles. At the center of power? Please. To the Clinton's everyone is disposable. Just ask the long list of people they've stepped on and discarded during the last 25 years.

I hope its worth it.