EmirOfShmo Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Thank you for your service, sir. It says it was Covid but he also has been battling multiple myeloma for several years. Peace to his family. Colin Powell, military leader and first Black US secretary of state, dies after complications from Covid-19 (CNN)Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84. "General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19," the Powell family wrote on Facebook. "We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American," they said, noting he was fully vaccinated. https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/colin-powell-dies/index.html 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Quote Colin L. Powell, a former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has died due to complications from coronavirus, according to a statement from his family. In the statement posted on Facebook, his family said Powell was fully vaccinated and thanked the staff at Walter Reed National Medical Center for their treatment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD0506 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 RIP Sir, and sincere condolences to your family. Powell was a good man during hard times, an honorable man during dishonorable times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I like to remember he and Schwarzkopf's Desert Storm campaign. As ugly as war is, seeing that unfold live, as a 9 year old...was freaking mindblowing. They were the military entities behind what we saw. Powell was a god when I was a kid. RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 RIP, Colin Powell. Saw him give a great speech when I was at this little hippie farm college in Greensboro, NC. They gave him the key to the city. Then he took questions from the crowd. Uppity college kids asking him about war, he gave great answers...even though what he was there for had nothing to do with speaking about war. Class act. I agree with @d0ublestr0ker0ll's sentiments, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 8 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said: Saw him give a great speech when I was at this little hippie farm college in Greensboro, NC. Yous one of them Guilford Quakers? 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaytoAli Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 (edited) Good Republican and a man of honor. “He was a great public servant, starting with his time as a soldier during Vietnam. Many Presidents relied on General Powell’s counsel and experience. He was National Security Adviser under President Reagan, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under my father and President Clinton, and Secretary of State during my Administration," the former president said in a statement on Monday morning. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/remembering-colin-powell-former-president-bush-calls-him-a-great-public-servant Edited October 18, 2021 by ClaytoAli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 27 minutes ago, clietas said: Yous one of them Guilford Quakers? 🤔 I was. Transferred out, thank God. Came back and went to GMU. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 RIP to a legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Corcaigh Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 He was a great public servant over many decades. I'm torn about his legacy because of the one most disastrous thing ... the case he made for the Iraq invasion that directly led to the deaths of half a million people. I'm sure most of the administration was out for blood and he was in part their messenger, but while he was certainly fed bad intel, a number of the claims he made were no more than circumstantial, and some were verifiably false. This was known at the time, not in hindsight. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 He lied to the entire world at the United Nations to advocate for the Iraq War. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 i echo each of the respectful and appreciative posts made so far and the major criticisms made i'm sad about his passing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I'm a bit torn about the Iraq legacy as well. But there's no doubt in my mind that he was a good person overall, and was an accomplished and honorable military leader as well as a Black man who broke multiple glass ceilings. Rest In Peace, sir. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 He had a good run. Never heard him complain about bone spurs, so there’s that. RIP. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 31 minutes ago, LadySkinsFan said: He lied to the entire world at the United Nations to advocate for the Iraq War. Rip Colin. He would've been a great president. Sadly, his legacy will forever be tainted by the Iraq war. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 2 hours ago, The Evil Genius said: I ****ing knew this would probably happen. Just didn't know whether they'd actually wait for a day or two after his death out of respect. Obviously not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 10 minutes ago, mistertim said: I ****ing knew this would probably happen. Just didn't know whether they'd actually wait for a day or two after his death out of respect. You new around here? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chachie Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I met him once. I can't comment on what he was like in daily life but I thought he was a very kind, engaging person that day. he didn't have to address me at all but flattered me with a long conversation and was a good meet. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 All in all, I think Powell was an honorable soldier and there is something to be said about how he was able to serve under both party's presidents Personally I save my vitriol for the truly evil pos's like Rush, McConnell, Tucker, and Epstein. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins59 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 He was a good person. Made mistakes? Sure, but overall a good person. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 A good soldier and statesman, put into a very difficult situation. An admirable public servant for many decades. RIP Mr. Powell. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I seem to recall Mr Powell feeling a bit set up over the Iraq stuff. But, don’t care to rehash it more than it has been. overall he was a great person on my view. I always felt like we’d be much better off if more our leaders were cut from the same clothe he was. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sisko Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 (edited) Like many here, I have some mixed feelings about his legacy. Back then, I was a black republican and like Condi Rice, he was one of my heroes. Even though my political ideology has made a complete 180, I always felt he was a good person at heart. As for the Iraq stuff, I kind of think he took W. at his word regarding the interpretation of the intel when maybe he should have been more forceful about needing better proof. However, in his final years, he absolutely showed his true colors by rejecting Tя☭mp, explicitly calling him a liar, and in the end disassociating himself from the Grand Oligarch's Party. FWIW, Condie Rice could learn a thing or two from him. Unlike Rice, I never ended up seeing Powell as an Uncle Tom. Finally, he was the subject of some of the best rap lyrics ever, by Channel Live. I won't repeat it because it's not appropriate here but I bring it up to say not only was he the first black Sec. of State, AFAIK he's the only one to have ever been immortalized in rap music. RIP Brother. Edited October 18, 2021 by The Sisko 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 @The Sisko What is the name of the channel live song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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