Originally posted by joel9507: I respect his military accomplishments and am sorry to hear of his passing.
RIP, General Powell.
Said it for me.
And me. RIP.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.
October 18, 2021, 10:31 AM
flashguy
Sorry to learn of his passing, even though I didn't approve of some of his policies.
And 84 may be "a good run", but I'm only 2 months and 3 days from 84, so I take it a little personally.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth
October 18, 2021, 11:54 AM
erj_pilot
Didn't agree one iota with his politics in his post-military years, but I can at least appreciate his military service to this country.
May he Rest in Peace......
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
October 18, 2021, 11:59 AM
220-9er
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Originally posted by Flash-LB: I think it's safe to say that he had other preexisting conditions that had weakened his immune system.
Reports are that he was being treated for Multiple Myeloma, a type of blood cancer.
He had Parkinson's and cancer, a target for COVID.
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October 18, 2021, 12:29 PM
parabellum
Happy fuckin' trails, asshole
October 18, 2021, 12:55 PM
ensigmatic
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Originally posted by parabellum: Happy fuckin' trails, asshole
This pretty much sums-up my feeling.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
October 18, 2021, 12:56 PM
MikeinNC
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Originally posted by parabellum: Happy fuckin' trails, asshole
Succinct.
"Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein
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“A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker
October 18, 2021, 01:06 PM
dking271
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Originally posted by parabellum: Happy fuckin' trails, asshole
Yep, that’s about what I was thinking.
_________________________ "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last” - Winston Churchil
October 18, 2021, 01:21 PM
walker77
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Originally posted by parabellum: Happy fuckin' trails, asshole
My feelings as well.
October 18, 2021, 01:24 PM
PASig
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Originally posted by SIGnified: Just like a lot of covid cases … He died of something else. He had blood cancer. That’s what killed him him.
AMF
Well it was probably more the cancer treatments that destroyed his immune system that allowed Covid to kill him. Happened to an aunt of mine back in the spring, she was vaccinated but they found she had cancer, previously undetected and the treatments basically shut your immune system off, then she got Covid and that was that.
October 18, 2021, 01:26 PM
ulsterman
He had cancer.
He had Parkinson's.
He died of COVID.
A 94 year old lady we knew fell, broke her hip and died. Cause of death: COVID.
Her son took the death certificate to the doctor who signed it and told him "You're full of shit."
October 18, 2021, 01:30 PM
SIGnified
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Originally posted by PASig:
quote:
Originally posted by SIGnified: Just like a lot of covid cases … He died of something else. He had blood cancer. That’s what killed him him.
AMF
Well it was probably more the cancer treatments that destroyed his immune system that allowed Covid to kill him. Happened to an aunt of mine back in the spring, she was vaccinated but they found she had cancer, previously undetected and the treatments basically shut your immune system off, then she got Covid and that was that.
My deeper understanding is that because of the blood cancer which impacted his immune system (not necessarily the chemo), he never developed the right immunity to the vaccine that he toook.
I really don’t care one fuck. He’s just another shitty disloyal politician headed to the boiling lake of black pitch, just beyond the bolgas of the seventh layer. Sword guards the bridge. The lake is rimmed by demons.
"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein
Crucially, Powell suffered from a blood cancer known as multiple myeloma — precisely the kind of “immunocompromised” condition that experts have said from the start could lead to lower vaccine efficacy. In fact, the vaccines seemed to work especially poorly in patients afflicted with that type of cancer, even after a booster shot. (Powell also suffered from Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition.)
October 18, 2021, 02:52 PM
ElToro
He publicly stated he voted for Hillary and dementia Joe. Not sure if he hated trump but stated he thought he was disgrace. Lied to the UN so there’s that.
At least he’s not in pain anymore.
October 18, 2021, 03:19 PM
parabellum
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Originally posted by Flash-LB: Let's be fair about it.
What you see is what you get.
October 18, 2021, 03:33 PM
nhtagmember
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Originally posted by parabellum: Happy fuckin' trails, asshole
agreed - he was a good general officer and I appreciated everything he did while in uniform - after that, not so much
October 18, 2021, 03:34 PM
Johnny 3eagles
If I am not misrembering what I read in General Norman Schwarzkopf's book "It Doesn't Take A Hero" after the war, he had some rather unflattering comments about Powell
If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there.
