Personally, I always had a great deal of respect for the man. I still do.
2007-02-09 16:32:22 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Colin Powell is a textbook example of how, currently, U.S. politics and political coverage chews up and spits out its brightest and best. We couldn't afford to lose the input of this decent and intelligent man, but we did, to an administration that used his popular image of honesty to front their deceptive war agenda.
I still respect him, but not the administration he served.
2007-02-10 00:50:58 · answer #1 · answered by Holly R 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I love that man.
He's a war hero, a tactical genius, and an all-around honorable human being.
He's always been, and always will be "the reluctant warrior".
As for the U.N. Speech, I really feel sorry for him. If the pretenses for the war were not based on "bad intel", and instead a massive government conspiracy, he was obviously not in on it.
He had the same information we had, and he was just doing what he thought was right.
He has since expressed regret, and it's rumored he called the neoconservatives in the Bush Administration "f-ing crazies" (damn censors)
What more could people want?
2007-02-09 18:20:20 · answer #2 · answered by Richardson '08 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I admire General Powell and I too have respect for him. I was not always in agreement with his politics, but to this day I believe he always did what he thought was the right thing for America.
2007-02-09 18:40:55 · answer #3 · answered by clwkcmo 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have been wondering for sometime now what he knows that would cause him to willingly walk away from the pinnacle of his career!?!?!?
I mean he worked his entire life for that position.
As a representative of what Blacks can accomplish and attain honorably and respectfully by example in this country should they choose......I just can't believe it was something he did just because!
I think he is a wonderful man from what I've read about him.
I have actually thought he would be a great president!
The future with his leadership should be interesting and exciting!!!
2007-02-09 16:43:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I lost all respect for the man when he went before the UN General Assembly and waved around that little vial of Ajax and reiterated all of the discredited "intelligence" the cherry-pickers over at Doug Feith's Office Of Special Plans handed him, even though he knew better. He talked about the unmanned aerial vehicles, and the mobile labs, and the tens of thousands of tons of methylethyldifurshurinol hidden all around Iraq, and he KNEW the evidence was slim.
He has redeemed himself >>slightly<< by describing that day as the lowpoint of his life and career, but I wouldn't vote for him.
2007-02-09 17:08:31 · answer #5 · answered by oimwoomwio 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I read his autobiography and have read many things about him. He is a good man and a patriot. He did a great job serving our country and I thank & respect him for it. However, I generally do not agree with him politically.
2007-02-09 17:00:50 · answer #6 · answered by Figure it out! 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I used to hold him in high regard for how he carried himself, for his approach to military strategy, don't go in if you are not willing to do it right, and for how articulate he was. When he went to work for Bush however, he sold his soul and participated in the big lie to the American people For that I cannot forgive him. It is not just that you give your word, it is also about who you give your word to. After working with Bush I would find it very difficult to ever trust him again.
2007-02-09 17:32:20 · answer #7 · answered by michaelsan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very Smart man got out at the right time.
2007-02-09 17:04:48 · answer #8 · answered by Dr.O 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He seems a very decent man who let his ambition blind him for too long, who has paid a bitter personal price for that mistake. He lent credence to the Bush Administration when they didn't deserve it, and he knows it. I'm with you, I respect him, and wish he had chosen differently.
2007-02-09 16:44:20 · answer #9 · answered by functionary01 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I saw him in person in '77 at the retirement ceremony of his Mentor, Gen Hank Emerson at Ft Bragg ......I have always had the utmost respect for him and continue to feel that way.....hes clean and articulate also...(JK)
2007-02-09 16:39:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋