Now that headlines across the world proclaim “Al-Qaeda leaders admit: ‘We are in crisis. There is panic and fear.’” the campaign promises of prominent political leaders here in the United States are finally coming under much-needed scrutiny. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer discussed the policy and rhetoric of all three top presidential candidates this Sunday with retired Gen. Colin Powell. On John McCain, Powell provided the necessary context for McCain’s recent comments on the possibility of the U.S. being in Iraq for a hundred years: Now, you notice, in the very last …
