[truthguy]

I once heard a guy on a radio talk show who knew Powell while in the Army. This guy sounded pretty authentic as best as I could tell.

Anyway he said that without Affirmative Action, Powell would never have made it past Lt. Colonel. He bypassed over two dozen more senior and better qualified Soldiers to get General of the Army and then was put in charge of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It was the Air Force’s turn in the rotation but George H.W. Bush wanted Powell. Maybe someone here can confirm this. As I said I heard it on a radio talk show so I have no proof of this. But from what I've seen of Powell, I think it's probably true.

[RJS1950]

The consensus that I knew of in the military at that time was that he was a connected political general, not a leader.