Reply #10: it was an interesting read,

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given the degree of vindictiveness of the Bush family. If it's possible to extend that a little further, I think it's also not so far out of the realm of possibility that Bush Sr. is also after Cheney. If you remember Scowcroft's interview he also is quoted as saying that this is not the Dick Cheney he knew from the Sr. Bush Administration and the first Gulf War. Is it not so far out of the realm of possibility that it was Cheney who has treaded into waters where he wasn't supposed to (ie CIA) and has percipitated a war with them. I personally think that the CIA is Bush Sr.'s "DMZ" and that Cheney has breached it. And by doing that he's breached the loyalty factor that is so dear to the Bush family. It's also possible that that is why there was such division between Gen. Powell and this Bush Administration. Powell's loyalty has always been to the old man.