Colan powel was one of the leading generals, arming, training and prosecuting and protecting the salvadory military death squad. Powell publicly advocated for the persian golf style solution to el salvador e savulor civil war in order to protect us. He supported elfredo christiani, a salvadorin president and member of the far right arena party.
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.