I found this at Josh Marshall's always-excellent Talking Points Memo: a brutal portrayal of Colin Powell's sacrifice of principle.
It's been awhile since I read the Guardian, but my this article is depressing.
Not that I have any sympathy for a man who was complicit in covering up the Mai Lai massacre...
You know how Colin could still find an honorable way out of this? He could take his service revolver, make sure the cylinder is loaded with live ammunition, put it in his mouth, cock the trigger, and blow his own brains out Vince Foster style.