President Bush Fired Colin Powell?...

...Newly emerged details suggest that's the gist of it.

TruthDig: Bush Fired Colin Powell

What a tragic shame what happened to Gen. Powell. He was a great American (often discussed as a potential first black President) who probably had no idea what he was getting into when he joined the Bush crew in 2001. The prominence of the neocons always meant his days were numbered. And, believing he was doing what was right for his boss, he officially destroyed his legacy in that infamous 2003 speech to U.N., which they all knew was full of lies.

Many of things he's said (ie. his recent letter in opposition to Bush's torture bill) since he left office, as well as the many statements by his chief of staff, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, are signs that there is likely much he regrets from his time in the administration. I don't know whether history will absolve him of blame in all of this, but I do think they will note his story for what I called it before- a tragedy.

(PS- Rumsfeld still gets to keep his job. Naturally.)