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The life of Colin Luther Powell

 (April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021), was an American politician and retired four-star general in the United States Army. Powell was born in Harlem, the son of Jamaican immigrants of African descent. During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Adviser (1987-1989), Commander of the U.S. Army Command (1989) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-1993), the latter position during the Second Gulf War. Powell is the only African American to date serving on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was the 65th US Secretary of State under US President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, and is the first African American to hold this position. 

Colin Powell became the first African-American Secretary of State in U.S. history when he took office in 2001. Powell was a career soldier who fought in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He rose through the ranks to become a general, then became national security adviser to President Ronald Reagan. Powell became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under George Bush
the elder, directing U.S. forces during the first Gulf War. Powell retired in 1993 and published his autobiography, My American Journey, in 1995. After years on the lecture circuit, he was chosen by George W. Bush to be Secretary of State in 2001. Powell was often perceived to be a moderate among more conservative voices in the administration. He submitted his resignation to Bush in November of 2004, shortly after Bush won election to a second term. He was succeeded as Secretary of State by Condoleezza Rice, the first African-American woman to hold the job. 

Colin Powell has supported the policies of President Barack Obama which many Republicans find odd since Obama is a liberal Democrat with far left ideologies.
As Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993 Colin Powell oversaw Operation Desert Storm (aka the first gulf war). He became well known and popular at that time because the war was viewed as very successful because is succeeded in removing Iraqi forces from Kuwait with few U.S. casualties (President Bush #41 had a eighty-nine percent approval rating at the conclusion of the war). The war made the "Powell Doctrine" popular a term which Colin Powell did not invent and a policy largely devised by his former boss, Casper Weinberger. Among other things the doctrine emphasizes the use of overwhelming strike capabilities in combat situations.

Why did Colin Powell never run for president?

In 1996, he didn't want to run against a Commander-in-Chief he served under as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Personally, I think Powell should have been promoted to a “five-star” General. But I believe either Powell didn't want the fifth star and/or Bill Clinton didn't want him promoted, because it would increase Powell's appeal as a potential rival for the Presidency in 1996.)
 His heart was not in the job and his wife didn't want him to run for the Presidency.
 I think that if he ran in 2000, he'd win as a Republican. Powell considered himself as a Rockefeller Republican. Would he get along better with the Democrats in the Congress, than with the Republicans

Colin Powell's death

Colin Powell died on October 18, 2021 at the age of 84, due to infection with the Corona virus.

Colin Powell, an accomplished and esteemed four-star general who became the first African-American secretary of State, died Monday as a result of complications from Covid-19, according to his family. He was 84.

Powell was fully vaccinated against Covid-19, his family said in a statement posted to Facebook.

We want to thank the medical staff at Walter Reed National Medical Center for their caring treatment,” the Powell family said in its statement. “We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American.”