Thread: Since he's trending, important to remember that Colin Powell was 1 of th leading generals arming,training & protecting th Salvadoran military & death squads responsible for slaughtering 75-80,000. He did so throughout the war. Duarte was the bloodiest of Salvadoran Pres. 
As Reagan's Natl Security Adv, Powell was among th leading voices advocating the "counterinsurgency" strategy tht targeted the civilians who suffered the brunt of the war.He evn supported Cristiani, prez elected as member of th ARENA party founded x death squad leader D'aubisson.
When the offensive of 1989 made clear that the Salvadoran military could not defeat the FMLN guerrillas, then Chairman of GHW Bush's Joint Chief of Staff Powell threatened US military intervention.
bit.ly/3qhaqMy
bit.ly/3qhaqMy
Powell also led the invasion of Panama, which left countless, mostly poor & Black Panamanians dead.
All this and more before he became the GW Bush US Secretary of State who lied to the world about Iraqi nuclear capabilities in order to start the war that left over a million dead in its wake. Not someone to celebrate our name schools after, IMHO.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
