Can anyone identify any specific major accomplishments Powell achieved, other than being named to high positions in his military and diplomatic careers? IMO, he has AA written all over him.
The Powell doctrine: IF you break it, you must fix it.
In regards to foreign military intervention ... I.E Afghanistan.
This as opposed to traditional Punative military expeditions.
He was the architech behind Bush 1 walking out of Iraq after 100 hours. When I was 17 I saw this as the second Weimar republic. We had an aggressor nation attacking its neighbors. We beat them militarily, never occupied them and merely walked away when they were no longer a current threat then left them with crippling sanctions. In 1991 I said we would be back there in 20 years. I was off by 8, but not bad for a guy who couldn’t vote. Why didn’t the Chief of staff see this?