General Colin Powell, the first black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State, died Monday morning from complications of COVID-19.
He led a storied military career and emerged on the political scene as a Republican who challenged his party to do more to reach out to minority communities. His stature was considerably undermined after he was used to push the Iraq War on a flawed basis, and after he became a perennial supporter of Democratic presidential candidates.
Powell was born in Harlem, New York, in 1937 and attended the City College of New York at a time when it was full of future leaders and Nobel laureates.
Though he described himself as an average student, Powell’s studies and his service in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps set him on a path for a trailblazing military career. He served two tours in Vietnam, and developed close ties to the military and political hierarchy that helped him climb the policymaking ladder in...
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I thought he was a great leader. I was in uniform. He was our leader. I read his biography. This guy took only jobs that would promote him. Went TDY only when it would benefit him. He went to Vietnam, not as a soldier but as someone who stepped on a stick (purple heart) and was in a helo that landed hard. All of which he received medals high above the justification needed for the event that took place and stepped on anyone's back that was in his way. Collin was a politician not a military leader.
ReplyDeleteHis lies promoting the war in Iran made him a full time villain in my books. Rummy died this year. May they both rot in hell. Just keep waiting for Cheney to join them .... it is actually a long list of old school neocons...
ReplyDeleteHe died vaxxed. Murdered by the regime he perpetuated.