Talk:Colin Powell

Colin powell.

Colin Paul was never fired He resigned !!! And as a matter of fact and resign because of the money that he talked to me is going to get your scam that would go to Africa and he would take his cut that plane got dismantled because of the war in Iraq. So what so when found out he couldn't scam any American tax dollars he decided to resign. He promised a lot of the warlords over there to get this American dollars !! Dcfranko2 (talk) 14:38, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Cite valid sources, or you're a liar. DOR (HK) (talk) 19:19, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 April 2021

He is not African American, he's jamaican American, change that in article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.178.58.107 (talk) 14:21, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

I found two notable left issues just reading about Powell’s start in the Army: 1) while his high school is listed, and aspects of his college ROTC experience are discussed, his college is not listed—as a former Army officer with an ROTC commission, that was the main reason I read the article; 2) it reads that he attended Basic Training at Ft. Benning GA, but Basic Training is for enlisted personnel, Powell attended the Infantry Officer Basic Course at Ft. Benning. Officers do not attend Basic Training, they attend a branch-specific Officer Basic Course (e.g., Aviation Officer Basic Course, Engineer Officer Basic Course, Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Armor Officer Basic Course, Infantry Officer Basic Course, etc.). Powell also attended Airborne Course, Air Assault Course, and Ranger Course (all of which I simply see on his uniform).

If you’re going to mention things like his participation in the Pershing Rifles in ROTC(pretty minor and without competitive admission) then it’s much, much more important to mention his college alma mater (where he obtained his commission), Infantry Officer Basic Course, Airborne Course, Air Assault Course, Ranger Course, etc.

A much less important correction is that there is in fact no such rank as “four star general.” The general officer ranks are: Brigadier General (who wear one star for rank insignia), Major General (wearing two stars for insignia), Lieutenant General, (wearing three stars) and simply General (wearing four stars). Just like how you can be an associate editor or assistant editor, but they both aspire to be editor (not full editor, not exalted editor, not four star editor). So, it’s more correct to write that Colin Powell achieved the rank of General (four stars). If necessary, you could write that Powell achieved the rank of General (four stars), the highest possible rank among all US Armed Forces. 2603:6000:9840:E07:40D9:432:1C07:258C (talk) 02:31, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

I've added his alma mater. I'm not familiar with the military enough to comment on the others. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 03:06, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

 Partly done: Four-star general is a commonly used term that is well understood by laymen. Any other changes requested should give the exact edit you'd like made, rather than a general idea of what you'd like changed. Thanks. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:17, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

How is the editing and grammar so horrible in this article?

This entire section needs a massive amount work. This information is incredibly unclear, badly edited, and provides no encyclopedic knowledge about the subject.

From "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:"

Colin also regularly clashed with Secretary of Defense Leslie Aspin, whom Colin himself was hesitate when President Clinton nominate it as Secretary of Defense from the first place.[31] At some point during a lunch-meeting between General Powell and Aspin for a preparation of Operation Gothic Serpent, while Powell was presenting what was need to be prepared for the operations, Aspin instead of listening and paying attention to Powell, he was more focused on wolfing down his salad instead of listening and paying attention to Powell.[31] The incident causing Powell to grew more irritated towards the Defense Secretary and led to his early resignation on September 30, 1993 and was succeeded temporarily by Vice Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral David E. Jeremiah who took the position as Acting Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff. Indeed, about a few days following Powel resignation on 3–4 October 1993 the Battle of Mogadishu as part of the Operation Gothic Serpent which aim to captured Somalia warlord Mohammad Farrah Aidid was initiated and ended in a total disaster which led to the death of 19 American servicemen and the shootdown that led to the crash of two United States Army Black Hawk Helicopter and the captured of one of its pilot by Somali militia. Many believed that the fiasco of Battle of Mogadishu was caused by Defense Secretary Les Aspin and Clinton Administration for not seriously taking Powell request for additional increase of tanks, armored vehicles and AC-130 Spectre gunships air-support for the support of Operation Gothic Serpent which ultimately could give more protection and support towards U.S. Troops later-on in the Battle of Mogadishu. The event that was depicted in 2001 movie Black Hawk Down was a major blowback towards Clinton Administration and was one of the reason that led to Aspin resignation as Secretary of Defense in 1994. Powell also disagree with Clinton Administration new "Don't ask, don't tell" policy which allow homosexuals to serve in the military.[31]

How is this so bad?

Semi-protected edit request on 7 July 2021

In the following sentence: Powell also disagree with Clinton Administration new "Don't ask, don't tell" policy which allow homosexuals to serve in the military.

Change "disagree" to "disagreed" to make it the past tense, as this was during the Clinton Administration in the 1990s. The phrase "Powell disagree" isn't grammatically correct by itself, either. Eliu.usa23 (talk) 02:12, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

 Done RudolfRed (talk) 04:53, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 October 2021

At approximately 8:03 a.m. on October 18th, 2021, Fox News Channel announced Colin Powell has died from COVID-19 at age 84. 170.103.57.55 (talk) 12:05, 18 October 2021 (UTC)