Colin Powell, who hasn't voted for a Republican in the last 16 years, excited the mainstream media when he announced that he was again going to vote for a Democrat.  Powell is a joke, and probably a high-level leaker, so he deserves to be ignored.  However, he represents something more serious, which is retired admirals and generals using the goodwill they earned serving in the military in service to the Deep State. Whatever respect I had for Powell died when I learned that he was one of the loudest voices telling Bush Sr. to pull out of the First Gulf War, allowing Saddam Hussein to stay in power and therefore contributing indirectly to the Iraq War.  I've also long suspected that he was the main source for Bob Woodward's nasty Plan of Attack, which painted Bush as a dummy and Powell as a prescient saint. The problem, though, isn't Powell, who's yesterday's news.  It's the long list of retired...(Read Full Post)