i think part of the hageography we're seeing, again, powell now, mc kan yesterday, is also wrapped up into this idealized nonsense about what civil political discourse could be. And so these obituaries that keep coming out for people like colin powell are continuing to do the ideological work that he was trying to do at the u. N on february fifth, two thousand three. It is continuing. When you praise someone like that in the terms that they are doing beyond glass ceiling breaking, beyond noting that someone who held a a high level position in a destructive and murderous administration has now passed away. No, these are all like pians too. Who
In this News Brief, we recap the recap of Powell's life, from the handwringing over his Iraq War UN speech to the erasure of his role in covering up My Lai massacre to training rightwing death squads in Central America and the central importance of "Good Intentions" when venerating our beloved, bipartisan war-makers.