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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow is it that Kissinger & Cheney are alive when Colin Powell is not?
Yes, I know Powell was wrong about the UN speech. I believe his life, his service, and his recommendations of Obama in 2008, HRC in 2016 & Biden in 2020 were very important.
The other 2 and Shrub, I'll visit their gravesites after a gallon of cold tea and a screw top jar in my backpack.
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)2naSalit
(86,600 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,653 posts)Evil seems to go on forever.
GoCubsGo
(32,083 posts)Demsrule86
(68,565 posts)conditions should receive a third vaccine and be very careful IMHO.
Voltaire2
(13,027 posts)it is entirely indifferent to what sort of person you are, or in other words: 'shit happens'.
sanatanadharma
(3,705 posts)": 'shit happens'."
The shit we sow results in the reek we reap.
The Universe is morally indifferent indeed, while within that Universe we create our own karmic worlds of personally pleasant and unpleasant circumstances.
Shit happens. Some seem predisposed to play in it.
Others conscientiously clean the gardens they tend.
Wicked Blue
(5,832 posts)They make even the viruses sick
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)n/t
malaise
(268,993 posts)That is all
JustAnotherGen
(31,823 posts)Everyone knows agent orange - not everyone knows Pink, Blue, White, Green, or Red.
I do - because it's why when that time bomb exploded in my dad - 6 months to a year became 3 months.
He was of my dad's era as is my god father. SOS General Powell - he had a time bomb in him. That rank did not come easy for his time in the military.
There was no way he was going to survive C-19 - vaccinated or not.
And I understand - at an emotional level - why does a good man die and the evil thrive?
unc70
(6,113 posts)Powell was always a part of the problem.
hlthe2b
(102,262 posts)and so many others.
Sure, I disagreed with Powell on multiple issues, but overall he was light and day in comparison to the Rumsfelds, Dick Cheneys, Trumpsters, and their ilk. He was flawed and made mistakes. Most people do over the course of 80-plus years. But save some fire for those who never even admitted, much less tried to learn from their mistakes-- or who overtly committed war crimes and/or advocated crimes against humanity.
It is disheartening to see some of the comments here that seem to forget that.
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,921 posts)Can't undo that, and I don't need to forgive him for that even if he's dead. Just because he isn't as bad as Rumsfeld or Cheney doesn't mean he was one of the good guys, either.
hlthe2b
(102,262 posts)corner and felt remorse about past misdeeds, policies, statements, positions-- then exactly how credible will your very justified post-mortem excoriations of those who truly deserve it? Maybe it makes you feel better, but it only dilutes the recriminations owed the truly horrible.
No one here forgets the misdeeds, including the UN speech, and My Lai. I do remember the past 13 years with Powell, expressing recriminations for that UN speech, supporting Obama, calling out Trump and the Trumpist-owned Republican party, and defending Biden. Evil remains evil. Powell was NOT evil.
Save it for Cheney. Save it for Trump. Save it for all who truly deserve everything that can befall them to and including death.
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,921 posts)I can dislike Powell and still have enough for Cheney and Trump. Trust me.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Powell did what he was told to do, and he believed it to be true, as most did. He later regretted his role in it. I cant think of anyone else in the Bush administration who would ever do that, especially Cheney.
I respected Colin Powell, and I was saddened to hear of his passing. RIP, sir.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)Doesn't have anything to do with morality.
budkin
(6,703 posts)That's how.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)pwb
(11,263 posts)trump took?
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)UTUSN
(70,691 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)Deep State Witch
(10,426 posts)They're vampires. And not the sparkly kind. Black Court vampires.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)He called it a blot on his record. Thats more than Cheney or Kissinger will ever do.
Like you, Ive been wondering the same thing all day. My only answer is that evil is somehow resilient. Sadly.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)how honorable of him
Skittles
(153,160 posts)as part of BUSH INC he helped to lie America into a senseless fucking WAR