Colin says it's getting worse

"We have seen an increase in anti-Americanism in the Muslim world. We'll not deny this," Powell said on ABC's "This Week." "But I think that that will be overcome in due process because what the Muslim world will see . . . is that in Afghanistan, 10 million people who have registered to vote will vote on the ninth of October and bring in place a freely elected president.

"And I think we're going to do the same thing in Iraq if we stay the course, if we defeat this insurgency," Powell said.

He acknowledged that "yes, it's getting worse, and the reason it's getting worse is that they are determined to disrupt the elections."

..."For the elections to have complete credibility and stand the test of international scrutiny, I think what we have to do is to give all the people of Iraq an opportunity to participate," Powell told "Fox News Sunday." "Just as we would have difficulty with partial elections here in the United States . . . I think it has to be throughout the country."

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Rumsfiend and Abizaid have both said that the whole of the country doesn't need to vote. Powell is contradicting them. But, what's more, he's contradicting The Boy King himself when he admits that things are worse in Iraq. I don't know who he's talking about when he says "We'll not deny this". Maybe it's the mouse in his pocket, or maybe he needs to cut back on his Ambien dosage. I think Colin's in danger of being replaced when the King reshuffles his deck.

And it will be interesting to see just what does happen in Afghanistan on on the ninth of October.