Good ol Mr. Colin Powell....

[The_Rorschach]

Do you just repeat pretty words and phrases you hear mumbled more coherently by others?

For those who don't know what she is, quite incorrectly, refering to, the strawman is a form of logical fallacy by which one attempts to pretend they are responding to the views of their opponants when in actuality they are erecting an artificial argument more easily refuted. The two most common forms of this are to respond to an exaggerated view of others, or to respond only to an extreme view which does not accurately represent the argument of ones opponant.

Now, when asked if our staged conquest in Iraq was empire building - an extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations - Colin Powell responded succinctly to the question and answered negatorily. He cited past history as an example of current operating proceedures in that, this would not be like the aquisition of Costa Rica, the Philappines or Hawaii, it would be like the liberation of Japan, So Korea or the attempt made in Vietnam. Anyone with an ounce of intellegence hearing his statement would have known this momentarily. The more confused and feeble witted, like Jen, take a bit longer to reach this conclusion - providing they have the ability to even reason that far.