How is it that Kissinger & Cheney are alive when Colin Powell is not?

[irisblue]

Yes, I know Powell was wrong about the UN speech. I believe his life, his service, and his recommendations of Obama in 2008, HRC in 2016 & Biden in 2020 were very important.

The other 2 and Shrub, I'll visit their gravesites after a gallon of cold tea and a screw top jar in my backpack.

[The Magistrate]

1. Got a Better Deal, Ma'am, With The Man In Black At The Midnight Crossroad...

[2naSalit]

6. +1

[Wounded Bear]

2. Like the old song says, "Only the good die young."

Evil seems to go on forever.

[GoCubsGo]

14. Jimmy Carter begs to differ.

[Demsrule86]

3. Powell had cancer which affects the immune system. Those over 65 and with pre-exisiting

conditions should receive a third vaccine and be very careful IMHO.

[Voltaire2]

4. the universe does not have a moral arc

it is entirely indifferent to what sort of person you are, or in other words: 'shit happens'.

[sanatanadharma]

8. Tens razon! Moral arcs are personal projections

": 'shit happens'."

The shit we sow results in the reek we reap.

The Universe is morally indifferent indeed, while within that Universe we create our own karmic worlds of personally pleasant and unpleasant circumstances.

Shit happens. Some seem predisposed to play in it.
Others conscientiously clean the gardens they tend.

[Wicked Blue]

5. Toxic viciousness

They make even the viruses sick

[hamsterjill]

7. And Alan West

n/t

[malaise]

9. Ask the Vietnamese

That is all

[JustAnotherGen]

10. Mr. Powell served in my dad's era

Everyone knows agent orange - not everyone knows Pink, Blue, White, Green, or Red.

I do - because it's why when that time bomb exploded in my dad - 6 months to a year became 3 months.

He was of my dad's era as is my god father. SOS General Powell - he had a time bomb in him. That rank did not come easy for his time in the military.

There was no way he was going to survive C-19 - vaccinated or not.

And I understand - at an emotional level - why does a good man die and the evil thrive?

[unc70]

11. Remember his coverup of My Lai massacre

Powell was always a part of the problem.

[enough]

13. Indeed

[hlthe2b]

12. Yes. Some here are aiming their fire at Powell, that deservedly belongs trained on Cheney, Trump

and so many others.

Sure, I disagreed with Powell on multiple issues, but overall he was light and day in comparison to the Rumsfelds, Dick Cheneys, Trumpsters, and their ilk. He was flawed and made mistakes. Most people do over the course of 80-plus years. But save some fire for those who never even admitted, much less tried to learn from their mistakes-- or who overtly committed war crimes and/or advocated crimes against humanity.

It is disheartening to see some of the comments here that seem to forget that.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

16. I remember the UN speech and what it brought about.

Can't undo that, and I don't need to forgive him for that even if he's dead. Just because he isn't as bad as Rumsfeld or Cheney doesn't mean he was one of the good guys, either.

[hlthe2b]

17. Case in point. No one here forgets that. You use all your ammo on one who actually turned the

corner and felt remorse about past misdeeds, policies, statements, positions-- then exactly how credible will your very justified post-mortem excoriations of those who truly deserve it? Maybe it makes you feel better, but it only dilutes the recriminations owed the truly horrible.

No one here forgets the misdeeds, including the UN speech, and My Lai. I do remember the past 13 years with Powell, expressing recriminations for that UN speech, supporting Obama, calling out Trump and the Trumpist-owned Republican party, and defending Biden. Evil remains evil. Powell was NOT evil.

Save it for Cheney. Save it for Trump. Save it for all who truly deserve everything that can befall them to and including death.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

18. I have an unlimited supply.

I can dislike Powell and still have enough for Cheney and Trump. Trust me.

[AngryOldDem]

27. I'm not gravedancing, either.

Powell did what he was told to do, and he believed it to be true, as most did. He later regretted his role in it. I can’t think of anyone else in the Bush administration who would ever do that, especially Cheney.

I respected Colin Powell, and I was saddened to hear of his passing. RIP, sir.

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. The rain falls on the just and the unjust.

Doesn't have anything to do with morality.

[budkin]

19. Cheney: "I think of it as MY heart"

That's how.

[NCjack]

20. Patience, please. Some big payments are coming due!

[pwb]

21. Kissenger and Cheney probably took the baby parts cocktail like

trump took?

[sarcasmo]

22. Those two are like horror movie villains, with each kill they grow stronger.

[UTUSN]

23. They can't "go" till they finish vetting replacements for his stooge role.

[roamer65]

24. Vampires?

[Deep State Witch]

25. Evil Never Dies

They're vampires. And not the sparkly kind. Black Court vampires.

[AngryOldDem]

26. Powell owned his part in the WMD lie.

He called it a blot on his record. That’s more than Cheney or Kissinger will ever do.

Like you, I’ve been wondering the same thing all day. My only answer is that evil is somehow resilient. Sadly.

[Skittles]

29. "a blot on his record"

how honorable of him

[Skittles]

28. he wasn't just "wrong about a speech"

as part of BUSH INC he helped to lie America into a senseless fucking WAR