Colin Powell Joins Ron Paul and Condi Rice

Colin Powell now has joined Ron Paul and Condi Rice in advocating a reasonable (read: nuclear attack-free) foreign policy with respect to Iran. In a Sunday Meet the Press interview, Powell advocated talks not only with Iran but with all states neighboring Iraq, in an effort to achieve a reduction in violence and a greater likelihood of peace.

He also criticized Vice President Dick Cheney and others in the administration who are looking to do an end-run around the President and push for more aggressive tactics. It is rumored that President Bush, along with Secretary of Defense Gates and Secretary of State Rice are unified in their opposition to attacking Iran.

Perhaps even core Republicans are finally waking up to the damage this war is doing not only to our image around the world, but to our own nation. We are a nation divided, and Abraham Lincoln had very significant things to say about that status.