And funny how he holds Tenet blameless, but holds lower level types to account for not speaking up--when in fact, we know lower level types DID speak up.

Jeff

The man should have been president. I think that he truly does have a legitimate internal conflict between being a "good and loyal soldier" on the one hand and going off in his own direction based on gut feel and experience.

On another level (these things are not so simple, IMO) on the whole matter of "should have resigned" is an interesting one. Should I have resigned as the top HR officer when the Chairman, CEO and Board of Directors decided to terminate the defined benefit pension plan and pay out lump sums, which disadvantaged long-service employees? Rationale: the company needed that kind of financial relief to survive competitive pressure from "upstarts" operating with a lower fixed cost structure. Outcome: younger workers were happy with the change and older workers felt their "planned" lifestyle would be threatened in the out years, and/or their retirement would be pushed out a few years.

Maybe it was ego that told me, "if someone can help these people get through the transition with a maximum amount of empathy and assistance, that would be me --- not some heartless kiss ass 'hired gun' who might have been put into my role as the replacement."

As it turned out, the emotional burden of the next year after that took its toll on me, and burnout (and eventual resignation) took over eventually, but not before we had done all we could to make things right by dealing with special cases, by offering help in finding other employment where people felt "too bitter" to stay, by talking with family members about the decision and what they could do in terms of getting financial planning assistance, etc.

It's not easy to step up to the plate and try to be a voice of reason and hope, when your heart is not really in it. That's where I think Powell was. And I respect him for staying the course as long as he did.

Terry,

I was there, did that.

Glad for it.

The man should have been president. Posted by Terry Ott
One would hope that a president would have more intregrity and patriotism than Mr. Powell; although the current occupant of the White House illustrates that honesty and intregrity and not qualities that count in the Republican Party. All too often, Mr. Powell has been a man who goes along in order to get along. That is not a sign of real leadership. He has blotted his escutcheon with My Lai, Iran Contra, and his whoring for war at the U.N. That is his record; that is his shame.

The way this ol' jarhead sees it, the distinction between "balls to the wall" and "no balls" is the difference between Naval helo pilots Lt. Matt Udkow and Lt. David Shand (Wed. post) and Army General (ret.) Colin Powell. I salute the former ... I denouce the latter.

As a person I like Colin. Still, he chugged the kool-aid and carried water for his dear leader. He lost me there.

He's trying to blam lower level ops. No doubt by know they've been outed/taken care of.

Colin Powell-rsident traitor.

Colin Powell- resident traitor,

He blames lower level analysts, must mean they've been outted or taken care of...

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