[Taylorious]

She was Secretary of State not Secretary of Defense. I would hope this whole Eich fiasco doesn't start a conservative witch hunt in SV. Not that the Eich thing was really a conservative/liberal issue, but people may try to turn it into that.

[icegreentea]

Heh, may as well get all the facts straight here. She was National Security Advisor in the lead up to, and first two years of Iraq. The Secretary of State at that time was Colin Powell. She became Secretary of State in 2005.

Furthermore, being Secretary of State would not absolve her from any responsibility that people believe she may have. Secretary of State is incredibly important to any major conflict, probably right after Secretary of Defense. You may recall that Colin Powell worked quite hard trying to sell the Iraqi War abroad.

That said, I don't want a witch hunt either.

[fdasfd3]

You mean the same war that Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton also sold to the American public?

[pkinsky]

'Witch hunt' normally refers to hounding someone for minor or imagined offenses.

Condoleezza Rice actively participated in launching a war of aggression, an offense which was deemed worthy of the death penalty at the Nuremberg trials. I think ostracizing her and any company which does business with her is entirely fair and reasonable.

[jgalt212]

Depending on who you ask every war is a war of aggression. I find this whole concept of "war crimes" silly. Like there's legal and good way to go about killing people and a bad and illegal way to go about killing people.

[arrrg]

Wow, what a wishy-washy response that escapes all responsibility. Just because something is sometimes hard to decide doesn’t mean you have to throw it out of the window to make it all more comfortable for you. You are a coward.

[jgalt212]

> You are a coward.

That sort of language is definitely not constructive, and probably explains your downvotes.