Colin Powell’s Complicated Legacy | The Mehdi Hasan Show
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2021
- Trailblazer, war icon... and bureaucrat who used his credibility to boost false claims of weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq. Mehdi lays out the complicated legacy of Colin Powell… and highlights a few things about the ex-general you may not know.
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Thank you for saying this aloud. 100,000 corpses at the feet of that war criminal. We’re still picking up the pieces.
Sadam tried to assinate Bush...did you think his son would let that fly?
@@kgkg6649 Yeah... Having blood feuds is a great geostrategic approach for a nucclear power. Get a brain!
@@dayegilharno4988 huh? The US is the big fish in the pond. Sadam kept poking the bear so of course he had a target on his back....his ego cost alot of lives and his too...you're welcome
@@kgkg6649 Soo... You are actually celebrating the fact that the US didn't follow a strategy in going into Irak but was just a triggered little b****?! Congratulations, I guess...
Had he resigned and contested election, he would have been POTUS instead of Obama, and way better POTUS than cunning Obama.
Mehdi Hassan's analysis of the career of Colin Power is the only honest one I heard all day. The MSNBC talking heads, almost all of whom are former Republicans, Bushies if you will, made him out to be Saint Powell. He wasn't THAT! listen again to Mehdi's analysis here. It is honest. It is complete. If we persist on making heroes out of fallible people we will keep making mistakes that cost us dearly. He did good things, he let himself be used, he didn't fight the wrong he saw, he was often decent and he was political. Bravo Mehdi!
Helen Garrett: Once I cut the cord to cable 4 years ago, I don't have a choice to turn on any of those media channels and I don't miss them one bit! I was an MSNBC junkie for 12 years and I still don't miss all their slanted talking points as a result of the mis-framing of topics, questions and stories whose scripts are all written by their corporate bosses who forbid them to give the public all the in-between issues surrounding their talking points. Seriously, I never even get the urge to watch them on RUclips and never wonder what they're talking about. Once they fired Ed Schultz and a few others and after learning about those in-between issues, I just couldn't stand them any longer. Plus, Cox cable was charging an arm and a leg for cable TV; so I said, "screw it."
Mehdi Hasan knows what he is talking about and he always do his homework first.....
Helen Garrett- Well said, and very necessary. I’m glad that I have more than a few Headz that I give time to that had sane, intelligent conversation about him and his life. I have no doubt that the majority of corporate media’s coverage wud have me strangling screams of frustration. So, avoid them, I do! 😋 My sanity’s the better for it, tho I’m concerned that I will not work as hard to end the obscenity that has taken over “the news” in this country.
Anyway, end of rant-lite! I just wanted to send a “cheers!”, ur comment was appreciated.
It's because he has a very nuanced and international viewpoint. Its interesting how he's seen as uber left in America when he's a moderate to Centre Left by global standards
"Complicated" is charitable
Lmao right? Like wtf Mehdi
extremely charitable.. I don't want to sound like those stupid right wingers that want to bring race into everything but let's be real . if Colin Powell was white he would be called out way more for being a war criminal like the rest of the bush gang and Rumsfeld gang..
Shill is more accurate.
I knew about his Iraqi War lies but I didn’t know he was also involved in the My Lai massacre whitewash
Same here. Didn't know that about him.
I know. That was disappointing to hear, especially his role years later in the invasion of Iraq.😞
I read about the my Lai massacre as a teen
Great show and comments. Bravo Medhi Hasan. It’s intelligent, informative and intellectual show and comments.
Instead of blindly eulogizing a flawed man as many mainstream news media did, you stuck to the truth where ever it led you. He let himself be used by the most vile group of U.S. politicians the 20th century saw. Under his authority, thousands of lives were lost. You did a most important thing by uncovering the deeds of this man. Good for you Mehdi.
He played along... And many died. Disgusting!
On Australian Radio National Phillip Adams in his program Late Night Live interviewed Bruce Shapiro who did not shrink from mentioning Powell's worst decisions, including the My Lai cover up and the Iraq WMDs lies.
As a black man the more I read about Collin Powell the less convinced I’m that he is the hero that everybody make him out to be or maybe I should stop looking into his past
Well said sir ….he was used by white fraternity for their own goals! To a certain extent Obama is the same as he failed to deliver what he set out as the white establishment did not allow him, to that extent use of drone attacks went up under his tenure many innocent people were killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan and elsewhere we are still paying the price for this folly! Guantanamo was not closed more than 85% of detainees were innocent and had should have been imprisoned. US has lot to answer for sadly African Americans were used!
Guilty of crimes against humanity. Colon Power is remembered by half million People of Iraq whose loved ones were murdered by this 'Kupapa' (as he was/is described by the indigenous people of NZ). One shld say good things about the person who has died; I say good riddance.
always insightful, thank you!
War criminal. Nuff said.
The families of ~200,000 dead Iraqis are sending their thoughts and prayers.
Thank you, Medhi, for your report on Colin Powell; very respectful commentary.
One of the first lackey's for the Bush/ Cheney war crime family too.
Well, this is what I call news!
The only show that got this war criminal’s legacy right .
Good report 🙌 very human.
Thank you especially for mentioning My Lai and Iran-Contra. Ancient history in the United States of Amnesia.
Excellent Analysis again by mehdi
Complicated? I don't see how being complicit at best or a willing patsy in the invasion of Iraq that cost 100's of thousands of lives, not to mention all the other sleazy stuff already mentioned here. Unfortunately he choose career over country and people, he's a terrible person.
Nice piece but can you at least do a dressing down on DC when he pops his clogs.
This is perhaps the best attempt to sum up the legacy of late Colin Powell. A well balanced report.
Wow, Colin commented the Katrina response wasn't good and Palin wasn't either. What insight! Really going out on a limb.
Life is complicated.
Great summary of Powell's legacy. Yes, there was a little good in there, but unfortunately it was far, far outweighed by the bad.
Powell literally covered up anti-war art (Picasso's Guernica) while
lying to the world at the United Nations. This led to Bush's (and
company) war of aggression against Iraq, which by the way was a war
crime (Art 6.1 of the Nuremberg Principles).
We are going to hear a lot of gushing praise for Powell but THIS is how I will remember him.
Seems like Powell hewed closely to the ‘better to ask for forgiveness than permission’ style of leadership.
War Criminal! Nothing else!
let himself down badly
reflections on a good man who would rather not confront power than acknowledge the truth - it takes a lot
more courage to do the former - I'm sure it did not settle well on him later in life-
Can Kissinger and Cheney be next?
Brand the liars of history, liars.
Maybe the next ones think twice. Doubt it.
From war monger to war icon is putting him mild
I appreciate that you shared all of his faults as well. Too many have been whitewashing his record.
They made him, and then broke him.
Overall appreciation: not good enough.
Rest in the same piece you brought iraqis !
When you know what you are doing is wrong yet you still do it to preserve your power, I feel you are a worse person.
War criminal
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It's not complicated but evil legacy with truth who serve to their masters. 🙄
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The voice of reason is dying off/out of the Republican party. The nation is in deep doodoo.
That’s how soldiers think besides of thinking of his own carrier… he tried to fix joint in with the Democrats. When you hold power you never know what we are capable of doing.
When money shower ower you, no need to think! That is why he had load of money!
stop glorifying this monster
Racial discrimination is almost as open today.
Powell had great influence. I think he did his best. I would put him on the list of great leaders, even though he made mistakes as great leaders do.RIP
War criminal