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I won't understand respect for someone who was reponsible for the deaths of 100s of thousands of people because he lied.
(Feel free to downvote, downvote is used for disagreement on HN these days.)
First printed in the August 13, 1989, issue of Parade magazine,[41] these are Colin Powell's 13 Rules of Leadership.[42][43]
It ain't as bad as you think.
Get mad, then get over it.
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
It can be done.
Be careful what you choose. You may get it.
Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
You can't make someone else's choices.
Check small things.
Share credit.
Remain calm. Be kind.
Have a vision.
Don't take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
I won't understand respect for someone who was reponsible for the deaths of 100s of thousands of people because he lied.
If he didn't deliver that speech, they would have found someone else to do it (and he would have been fired). The responsibility lies with Bush and Cheney, not with the messenger.
He joined the Army in the 1950s, served through 2 tours in Vietnam, and made it all the way to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs by the end of the 1980s, leading the military through Operation Desert Storm and the post-Soviet era. That's a rare career for ANY American, let alone a black one.
But all that went "poof!" after his shameful performance at the UN in 2003. Agreed that he should have resigned in protest instead. What an ignoble reputational end to an otherwise amazing role model. RIP Sir.
I won't understand respect for someone who was reponsible for the deaths of 100s of thousands of people because he lied.
If he didn't deliver that speech, they would have found someone else to do it (and he would have been fired). The responsibility lies with Bush and Cheney, not with the messenger.
Someone else could have been the messenger, and Powell could have also resigned in protest and become a whistleblower.
Instead he lied, deceived the public, and unequivocally supported the wars.
I won't understand respect for someone who was reponsible for the deaths of 100s of thousands of people because he lied.
If he didn't deliver that speech, they would have found someone else to do it (and he would have been fired). The responsibility lies with Bush and Cheney, not with the messenger.
I won't understand respect for someone who was reponsible for the deaths of 100s of thousands of people because he lied.
If he didn't deliver that speech, they would have found someone else to do it (and he would have been fired). The responsibility lies with Bush and Cheney, not with the messenger.
I am sure he hasn't profited from any Military contract, or the influence he had from the office he occupied.
Imagine if he had resigned in protest at the decision to push for the invasion of Iraq. He would now be hailed as a hero around the world. Instead, he didn’t. What a waste of an exceptional career.
No one who was against the Iraq War from the onset is doing particularly well. When was the last time you heard anything from Phil Donahue?