Colin Powell’s shameful role in the US’ propaganda campaign to justify its invasion of Iraq is well known, but what’s less spoken about is that he facilitated, covered up and justified US war crimes in Vietnam, including the notorious My Lai Massacre. consortiumnews.com/2018/03/17/beh… 
Powell justifying the murder of Vietnamese civilians:
There is a whole series of articles on Powell here: consortiumnews.com/archive/powell…
Regarding the My Lai massacre, it is always important to remember that it was not an isolated incident, but was in fact illustrative of the brutal conduct of the US military in Vietnam more broadly:
https://twitter.com/louis_allday/status/792820759924277249
This says it all:
https://twitter.com/afp/status/1450090532479377408
Contrary to those moaning about “poor taste” & “respect for the family”, when a war criminal has just died & is shortly going to be whitewashed/valorised by the media is *exactly* the right time to discuss what they actually did in their lives & who their countless victims were.
Powell was also instrumental in this:
https://twitter.com/davidmizner/status/1348459434742312961
In sum, Colin Powell was a dedicated servant of possibly the most destructive & bloodstained empire in history over a period of many decades, the no. of deaths his actions caused would be impossible to calculate & his lies re Iraq were illustrative of his career, not exceptional.
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