Opinion of Colin Powell

[NewYorkExpress]

What is your opinion of the late General and Secretary of State Colin Powell?

[Thank you for being a friend...]

Could have very well been the Republican Barack Obama of 2000, but might have not beaten GWB anyway.

I don't think he felt that what we were doing over in the Middle East was the right strategy and I'd be very curious to learn more about why he said that and if he would do it differently, what he'd do... I trust him because he's military himself and knows the cost of war.

FF tho.

[Sir Mohamed]

Soft FF.

As I said in the othe thread, Iraq is a strain on his legacy. Nonetheless, I think we can honor is military service and expertise on certain issues.

[PSOL]

A terrible person who discovered he was a useful idiotic b•••• to higher powers way too late to make use of it.

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

No comment given the recent news.

[Big Abraham]

Massive HP who should have been tried along with the entire Bush national security team.

Of course the entire bourgeois press is lauding him as a "war hero," as they did with McCain, because he endorsed Democrats and anyone who devotes their lives to the imperialistic military complex of human suffering for the sake of controlling petroleum supplies and profits for American oil companies, keeps criticism of the crumbling American empire in check.

Disappointed, but not surprised that a majority of Atlas Dems and ""progressives"" have voted FF thus far.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Definite FF

[SWE]

The only tragic part of his death was that it happened outside of a prison cell

[LAKISYLVANIA]

While i'm not a fan of the politician and voted accordingly, I still want to express my condoleances towards family, friends & other relatives of Colin Powell.

[beesley]

He was an awful person not just as a military leader or a Bush stooge, but even as a soldier who bragged about committing atrocities against the Vietnamese people, but as I mentioned elsewhere, my condolences to his loved ones, and his service was still commendable.

[GregTheGreat657]

HP, for Iraq, though I felt kind of guilty for that vote

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

He was an awful person not just as a military leader or a Bush stooge, but even as a soldier who bragged about committing atrocities against the Vietnamese people, but as I mentioned elsewhere, my condolences to his loved ones, and his service was still commendable.

I'm not sure what exactly is commendable about his service given the perspective you're taking on the specifics of it, tbh.

I voted HP but unlike with, say, Rumsfeld, I'm not gloating about this, mostly because Powell came closer to showing remorse.

[President Johnson]

Had highs and lows, but overall a freedom fighter.

[beesley]

He was an awful person not just as a military leader or a Bush stooge, but even as a soldier who bragged about committing atrocities against the Vietnamese people, but as I mentioned elsewhere, my condolences to his loved ones, and his service was still commendable.

I'm not sure what exactly is commendable about his service given the perspective you're taking on the specifics of it, tbh.

I voted HP but unlike with, say, Rumsfeld, I'm not gloating about this, mostly because Powell came closer to showing remorse.

Nothing beyond the length of it, and the fact that doing so is a personal struggle for even the most horrible of people. But I have nothing else positive to say.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Complicated in some ways, but I voted HP.