Agreed, but he will never regain the respect of many, including myself, for not honoring his oath as an officer of our military and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
I never liked Powell anyway, so regaining my respect doesn't take much. I don't have much for the State Department in today's world either. between the UN and State, they are the cause of most of our problems...
these organizations give the enemy hope that we are all terminally stupid.
I lost my respect for him a long time ago when he said only the military and cops should have guns.