Observations on replacing Colin Powell

According to American media analysts, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice is likely to replace Powell. The name of John Danforth, the US Ambassador to the UN is also doing the rounds.

Talk about failing upward!

I'm sure she's a very nice woman, and I'm certain that her knowledge of Russian and Soviet affairs in nearly without parallel in the federal government. But let's face it, she's monumentally and tragically incompetent as a National Security Advisor in the face the absence of a Soviet threat.

But Secretary of State? Dear God.