Very sad news.
RIP General Colin L. Powell
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Rest in Peace General.
R.I.P. General Powell. 
Rest in peace, General.
RIP. Respect to a great man
Space_Cadet
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I'm not American, I guess I don't know enough about him. What made him great?
He was a four-star general who became the first Black U.S. secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
RIP to an honorable man.
During his second tour in Vietnam he was decorated for bravery after he survived a helicopter crash and single-handedly rescued three others, including his division commander from the burning wreckage.
R.I.P. General Powell.
Remember back in the Gulf War, when the US forces pushed the Republican Guard back to the Iraqi borders and our of Kuwait? Then they didn't pursue into Iraq, it wasn't part of the mission. That was largely Powell and Schwarzkopf who developed that.
And he was also a well respected and liked Secretary of State.
Rhody
I'm a Lumberjack.
RIP General. What a life
Space_Cadet
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Thank you for this reminder. If there is something I am not at all bad at, is knowing such stuff, and the history of warfare in the 20-th century in general. Good point.
P.S. I respect Colin Powell for that rational and smart decision, but the other folks (who were in even higher places back then, than Powell, if you know what I mean) who were back at it with Iraq again after a couple o years - much less so, because IMO that was a much less smart a decision. At least that is my humble opinion.
He was a General that might have made a good US President. But it seems like he was another Cincinnatus. A good man, and an intelligent one.
RIP sir. Thank you for your service.
That is just amazing.
Space_Cadet
I don't have a funny description.
Wow, our brother Tan was either an History major or just lived a lot of time in Cincinnati.
