Colin Powell, former US secretary of state, dies aged 84

Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state, has died at the age of 84 from Covid complications. Powell was a retired four-star general who served as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in the early 1990s, before joining the George W Bush administration as secretary of state. Before the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, Powell made the case to the United Nations security council that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had biological weapons and was developing nuclear weapons. He later said that this represented 'a blot' that will 'always be a part of my record'. Although he was a Republican, in 2008 he endorsed Barack Obama for president. In the years that followed, he felt increasingly detached from the party, ultimately leaving it in the wake of the 6 January insurrection on the Capitol

[concernedcitizen]

Very awkward questions at the Pearly Gates.

[SedriqMiers]

Yup ladies and gentlemen it got him!
Wow talk about poetic justice
Its something out of a Shakespearean tragedy
Oh the irony he got done by WMD's !

[valiant]

One of the last Great Americans before the current political toxicity crept in. He and John McCain were the last Republican leaders who weren't constantly attacking the opposition and claiming America was doomed if we didn't vote Republican.

[andyrob]

and the elderly dying of respiratory illnesses not only has been happening for centuries; it is one of the biggest killers of the elderly well before covid.

[tomsimpson]

A war criminal who is treated like a saint simply because he spoke eloquently.

[Tellmewhynow]

why people associate him with war crimes and innocent Iraqis casualties?

[Allen--Time]

84 years, he was truly blessed! I admire this wonderful man so much that I keep a portrait of him on my office wall. I regreat never meeting him, he surly has my admiration from a far.

[treytucker]

One of my heroes dies and I had to view a f**king auto-insurance commercial to view the news !