<story><title>Colin Powell has died</title><url>https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/colin-powell-dies/index.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>CapricornNoble</author><text>Colin Powell is a textbook case of &amp;quot;A thousand &amp;#x27;Atta-boys!&amp;#x27; and one fuck-up!&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;He joined the Army in the 1950s, served through 2 tours in Vietnam, and made it all the way to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs by the end of the 1980s, leading the military through Operation Desert Storm and the post-Soviet era. That&amp;#x27;s a rare career for ANY American, let alone a black one.&lt;p&gt;But all that went &amp;quot;poof!&amp;quot; after his shameful performance at the UN in 2003. Agreed that he should have resigned in protest instead. What an ignoble reputational end to an otherwise amazing role model. RIP Sir.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>NoGravitas</author><text>This is your reminder that being assigned to cover up the My Lai massacre was the thing that really jumpstarted Powell&amp;#x27;s career. His 2003 UN speech was part and parcel of what his career was built on.&lt;p&gt;Reference: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.consortiumnews.com&amp;#x2F;archive&amp;#x2F;colin3.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.consortiumnews.com&amp;#x2F;archive&amp;#x2F;colin3.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edited to add: he also appears to have lied under oath about his knowledge of the Iran-Contra affair.&lt;p&gt;Ref: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;consortiumnews.com&amp;#x2F;2000&amp;#x2F;121900b.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;consortiumnews.com&amp;#x2F;2000&amp;#x2F;121900b.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Colin Powell has died</title><url>https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/colin-powell-dies/index.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>CapricornNoble</author><text>Colin Powell is a textbook case of &amp;quot;A thousand &amp;#x27;Atta-boys!&amp;#x27; and one fuck-up!&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;He joined the Army in the 1950s, served through 2 tours in Vietnam, and made it all the way to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs by the end of the 1980s, leading the military through Operation Desert Storm and the post-Soviet era. That&amp;#x27;s a rare career for ANY American, let alone a black one.&lt;p&gt;But all that went &amp;quot;poof!&amp;quot; after his shameful performance at the UN in 2003. Agreed that he should have resigned in protest instead. What an ignoble reputational end to an otherwise amazing role model. RIP Sir.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>_3ddw</author><text>I was 17 when we invaded Afghanistan and 19 when we invaded Iraq. Through the lead-up to both of those conflicts I remember watching scores of demonstrators marching outside the White House, chanting slogans against the wars. What did they know that Colin Powell did not?</text></comment>