Was Colin Powell a War Hawk or a Dove?
In this video, I attempt to piece together every interesting detail of Colin Powell's career to assess, clear headedly, WHAT exactly his influence on American Military Policy and American Foreign Policy TANGIBLY is.
**This is not a "was he bad or good" piece. There are plenty of those you can just google Jacobin or al-Jazeera. The Jacobin one was good**
Sources
"The Great Rift" by James Mann (story of Colin Powell and Dick Cheney's relationship)
Article on Powell:
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...
Article Jonathan Alter Newsweek time to think about torture https://www.newsweek.com/time-think-a...
Powell on Afghan ultimatum: https://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/as...
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...
Powell and Cheney press conf: https://www.c-span.org/video/?166077-...
RNC speech 1996. • GOP '96 Convention Highlights
SNL sketch about Powell after the Gulf War victory: • Joint Session Cold Open - SNL