Powell's resignation is part of a broader desire of Bush to “clean house”, or as some critics would say – get rid of all who disagree with Bush. From Knight Ridder:

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“They're going to purge the State Department," said one of the senior [Administration] officials, adding that he'd heard White House officials say: “The State Department doesn't get it. They're not on the president's message.” http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/10190336.htm

And that was just the tip of the iceberg. Those folks in the CIA, you know those reality-based folks who felt that the Iraqi intelligence dispelled from Bush to the public was just a wee bit off, well, so long folks:

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The White House has ordered the new CIA director, Porter Goss, to purge the agency of officers believed to have been disloyal to President George W. Bush or of leaking damaging information to the media about the conduct of the Iraq war and the hunt for Osama bin Laden, according to knowledgeable sources. "The agency is being purged on instructions from the White House," said a former senior CIA official who maintains close ties to both the agency and to the White House. "Goss was given instructions ... to get rid of those soft leakers and liberal Democrats. The CIA is looked on by the White House as a hotbed of liberals and people who have been obstructing the president's agenda." http://www.newsday.com/news/nationw...y-top-headlines

And to think these were the same folks who thought it might be kinda prudent to have a post-war plan. From an article back in July 2003:

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WASHINGTON - The small circle of senior civilians in the Defense Department who dominated planning for postwar Iraq failed to prepare for the setbacks that have erupted over the past two months. The officials didn't develop any real postwar plans because they believed that Iraqis would welcome U.S. troops with open arms and Washington could install a favored Iraqi exile leader as the country's leader. The Pentagon civilians ignored CIA and State Department experts who disputed them, resisted White House pressure to back off from their favored exile leader and when their scenario collapsed amid increasing violence and disorder, they had no backup plan. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/6285256.htm

This is all about politicizing the federal agencies, and Bush will continue to gut anyone who doesn’t agree with his politics, even when they lead us down the long winding path to hell…..

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Whence September dusk grows crisper still,
with leaves all crimson conquered,
I yearn to shout,
and dance about,
and stick pickles in my honker...