Powell right, Jacoby wrong

           The choice of that remarkable man - Colin Powell - for

    Secretary of State - proves that George W. Bush is  not himself

    - whatever his agenda - a drooling right wing fanatic. He is

    in fact a chip off the old block.

              Boston Globe crank columnist Jeff Jacoby is very nervous

    about the Powell appointment: " When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait

    in August 1990, Powell was prepared to let him have it" , writes

    Jacoby .

               The vast majority of the country would not have been

    willing to sacrifice much for the arrogant, oil rich elite of

    Kuwait - who were openly contemptuous of working class American

    soldiers putting their lives in danger to protect their " sovereign "

    plutocracy.

                Imagine a poor black soldier returning from the Gulf

    War to find his elderly mother shivering in a cold slum house....

    couldn't pay the bill that month !

                Knowing all about " The Other America " , do the

    oil billionaires of the world ever declare : " This won't

    stand ! "  ?

               Nor can I imagine poor black soldiers sacrificing

    their lives to keep poor Palestinians HOMELESS.

               I hope Colin Powell does not lose his humanity

    in acquiring great power.