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Former Secretary of State
Military Commander, Diplomat, Iraq War Enabler
Colin Powell was a four-star general and the first African American Secretary of State. His February 2003 UN speech claiming Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, which he later admitted was based on false intelligence, provided crucial legitimacy for the Iraq War that killed hundreds of thousands. Earlier in his career, Powell helped cover up the My Lai massacre in Vietnam and played key roles in Iran-Contra and the Panama invasion. Despite his decorated career, he enabled catastrophic foreign policy decisions whose consequences continue to this day.
UN WMD SPEECH (Feb 5, 2003): Presented false intelligence claiming Iraq had mobile bioweapon labs, chemical weapons, and nuclear program; later admitted"blot on my record"
IRAQ WAR LEGITIMACY: UN presentation provided international legitimacy for invasion that killed 200,000+ civilians, displaced millions
MY LAI MASSACRE COVER-UP (1968): As Army Major, whitewashed investigation into massacre of 500+ Vietnamese civilians, writing"relations between American soldiers and Vietnamese people are excellent"
IRAN-CONTRA: As National Security Advisor, facilitated arms-for-hostages negotiations
PANAMA INVASION (1989): As JCS Chairman, oversaw Operation Just Cause killing 500+ Panamanian civilians
POWELL DOCTRINE ABANDONED: His own doctrine requiring clear objectives and exit strategy was ignored in Iraq
CURVEBALL SOURCE: UN presentation relied on"Curveball"defector later proven fabricator
YELLOW CAKE CLAIM: Repeated debunked claim about Iraqi uranium from Niger
6 documented violations
Rome Statute Article 8(2)(a)(i)Rome Statute Article 8(2)(b)(iv)Nuremberg Principle VI(a)Nuremberg Principle VI(c)UCMJ Article 13418 U.S.C. § 1001President, appointed Secretary of State
Vice President, Iraq War architect
Secretary of Defense, Iraq War architect
National Security Advisor, successor as SOS
CIA Director, provided"slam dunk"WMD intelligence
Deputy SecDef, Iraq War planner
6 documented sources from official records, investigations, and reports
April 5, 1937
Born in Harlem, New York City
1958
Commissioned as Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army
1962-1963
First tour in Vietnam as military advisor
1968
Second Vietnam tour, investigates My Lai reports, whitewashes findings
1987-1989
National Security Advisor under Reagan during Iran-Contra
1989
Becomes Chairman of Joint Chiefs, youngest ever
December 1989
Oversees Panama invasion as JCS Chairman
1991
Commands Gulf War operations
1993
Retires from military after 35 years
2001
Becomes Secretary of State under George W. Bush
February 5, 2003
Delivers UN Security Council WMD presentation
March 19, 2003
Iraq War begins based partly on his UN testimony
2004
CIA admits Curveball source was fabricator
2005
Resigns as Secretary of State
2005
Calls UN speech"painful"and a"blot"on his record
2016
Emails revealed criticizing both Clintons and Trump
October 18, 2021
Dies from COVID-19 complications