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He was a voice of reason, and he should have been our first Black President.

[b][center]4 Star general Colin Powell is dead.[/center][/b]
First black chief of staff and first black Secretary of State.
He struggled to succeed in the U.S Army officer corps, against a systematic Bias against those who were apposed to his skin.
He won them over, He rose to the top.
He gave us the underutilized Powell Doctrine:
[center]It we want to use force, to gain a goal,
the we go in with Overwhelming Force, sufficient to Quickly, deciseivly secure that goal. then Immediately leave[/center]
it was Donald Rumsfeld, that intervened against powels wisdom, giving us [i]much too long [/i]in Iraq

This brilliant man, chose NOT to run for national office, but should have been our fist Black president.

his loyalty was tested when asked to take the case for Saddam's
weapons of mass destruction to the UN.
I watched this. [i]and saw in his face[/i], that he did NOT believe what he was reporting. His Long time aid , Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, said it was the lowest point, in General Powell's life time of service. "he stormed out of his office, a thing that[i] never[/i] happened before. saying of the Saddam weapons reports "this is Bulllshit" Later, he left supporting the republicans, and even endorsed Obama and voted against trump in 2016

He served us all, We should be glad he was there for us.

Thank you General. 馃嚭馃嚫
MyociteF
I always liked him. I "felt" his stability & sanity and I can't say that about many.
DshhhM
@Myocite only republican I ever felt good about
RodionRomanovitch56-60, M
'he did NOT believe what he was reporting'

Kinda makes it worse then doesn't it ?
SupportVectorMachine36-40, M
This is high praise for a complicit war criminal.
DshhhM
@SupportVectorMachine

i would take [i]some[/i] exception to this

I DO NOT support America's OVERSEAS MILITARY/CORPORATE ADVENTURES

EVERY member of the us armed forces, has to deal with "following orders" I think US foreign policy across administrations has been oppressive and yes often war crimes have been perpetrated, and gone unpunished.

Colin Powell was an outspoken critic of many of these policies.


THE US has a lot of things to answer for. But this man was a power for reason in a stupid world
SupportVectorMachine36-40, M
@Dshhh That's revisionist history. He still oversaw atrocities while in command.
BigBulge41-45, M
He was just one of many idiot Republicans who dragged us into a needless war on Iraq.
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uncalled456-60, M
He was a REAL man. RIP. :(
DshhhM
@uncalled4 thanks Brother

 
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