Thank you for this.

Ditto. I tried to draw a tribute to Gen. Powell myself (twice!), but I just couldn't get his face right, and he's one who deserves a fitting portrait, and I fail to do so.

Hooah Sir, Sky Dragons Lead the Way o7

My dad looked up to him.

He will be missed but never forgotten, rest well forever in peace.

Not going to disrespect the (recently) dead if I can avoid it.
I had great respect for Mr. Powell in his early years of being a politician. Then, he went *Woke* and that was that.
R.I.P. Sir.

It's always difficult with people like him who have a long carer. So much to respect, but also so much to criticize. We're all flawed people, yet we desire flawless role models. It is indeed difficult.

On the plus size, seeing the bad means that you are willing to make an honest assessment and aren't in a cult.

I'm a fierce, dedicated Believer and Fighter for our 'Free Speech.'
Sadly, all these ultra-rich Puppet Masters that control our 'MSM' and these 'Socialist Platforms' across the Internet, are not.

Looking into his history, it sort of feels like he was a bit too far to the left to truly be a Republican and a bit too far to the right to be a Democrat, but those are the only two real choices in American politics. Feeling over time that the Republican party changed too much isn't necessarily "going woke", it just sounds like the party went in a direction he was uncomfortable with.

"it just sounds like the party went in a direction he was uncomfortable with." I can relate to that, there's certainly enough of it going around and not all of it is in the Republican party... almost like blind tribalism for about thirty years is a bad thing.

RIP

He had great charisma, no question on that. Thanks for this tribute to him.

Thank you for doing this.

Technically, he died of cancer with complications due to Covid, not the other way 'round. But yeah, he was mostly a positive influence. He drifted left toward the end, but I think it was mainly just blinded by the idea of an African-American President.

Technically a local man here was killed while riding his motorcycle a few weeks ago, BUT he had tested positive for Covid.

He's listed as a victim of Covid, not a motorcycle accident.

Of course. Gotta keep those numbers high to scare the sheeple.

*raises a glass to a great man*

Unlike some conservative politicians, guy served in the military and knows how war is like.

Would be nice if he ran for president. The amount of far-leftists raging in the streets would be off the scale. They hate seeing non-whites support conservative politics after all.

Another good picture. Your efforts are appreciated

Okey-doke. Difficult as it may be sometimes, I love ya Rabbi. But DAMN.

EVERYBODY in the government, Democrats and Republicans alike, seem to be stumbling over each other to sing the praises of this war criminal, "Good Soldier", and toady for U.S. imperialism.

So many Americans seem to have a short memory or to be completely ignorant of their actual history. Not to mention the way that the rest of the world or the greater perspective of history might regard our government's actions.


i suppose he can be praised for being able to change his mind as the Republican party has made its slide towards fascism, and admitting his regret for parroting the lies that led us into the Iraq war. But that war, which pretty much everybody seems to agree was a huge blunder, directly resulted in the destruction of Iraq's government and infrastructure, the death of more than a million of its people, and, consequently, the breeding of countless U.S.-hating potential "Terrorists". (Bastard that Saddam was, needless to say.)

Towards the beginning of his career, he was an apologist for the Mylai massacre, and was caught out in that. And in the eighties he was behind the U.S. training and backing of the death squads and the brutal demise of hundreds of thousands of people in Nicaragua, Guatemala, etc. He was also behind the brutal and illegal assassination of Noriega in Panama.

So, hero? Yeah, I suppose he might have had his moments. The legacy of any soldier is a complicated one. Unfortunately it's bound to include murder and brutality, that's in the job description. One might question how much heroism is actually part of such a legacy, but that's a much larger discussion. He may have been a likable, charismatic guy, but a typical soldier isn't responsible for death and destruction on the level which he was. History will not smile on his greater legacy.

I'm thankful somebody shared this already. If we just make dissent about his relationship to Democrats or Republicans, we miss the whole story. This man is a war criminal.

I have a hard time celebrating someone who would prefer covering up the My Lai massacre, and then decades later propped up one of the worst crimes against humanity in recorded history.

Sadly, I think a lot of Americans are just ignorant of our actual history.

Unfortunately Powell is just one in a long line of war criminals in our government. This would include many of its much lauded top members, most of our last bunch of presidents included, dating all the way back to Truman.

People need to realize and come to grips with the destruction to our country and the planet done by our government in the name of empire, the Military Industrial Complex, and corporate capitalist greed in general. It's frankly embarrassing, and incredibly shortsighted. Not to mention a tragic waste of our energy and resources, and a squandering of whatever goodwill we might have built up in the eyes of the rest of the world.

And thanks for your comment.

"Leadership is about solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership." -Colin Powell.

Straight-up one of my favorite quotes about leadership from anyone and the attitude I'd try to keep if I end up in a leadership position.

Nicely done Jim. Good tribute.