Mr. Beauchamp has had his time in the sun. Now it is time perhaps to get another soldier with less than stellar integrity and honor his due.
Colin Powell lied to his boss twice, as SecState and a general officer in the US Army (they never retire, actually, just go inactive) about the Valerie Plame affair and who the leaker was. Richard Armitage worked for Powell and told him he was the source of the leak early on. Powell refused a direct question from Bush as to anything he knew about the problem.
And so we the citizens were treated to Pat Fitzgerald racing hither and yon, finally getting a scalp after millions of tax dollars were spent and great wasted effort.
Powell deserves to be recalled to duty and busted to private. If you don’t like bush that is fine with me, it is Plamegate’s affectand waste that Powell could have, and by any sense of honor should have, spared us from. For that conduct unbecoming and a reduction in rank are reasonable.
