Colin Powell: Epiphanies and Second Chances. [View all]
Colin Powell made some regrettable and dishonorable choices in his life. Participating in the cover-up of the My Lai massacre and lying to the American people and the world about weapons of mass destruction were reprehensible and disgraceful.
But something happened to the man. Maybe he woke up one day, looked at himself in the mirror and made a vow to himself that he would transform himself. People can change, when they want to.
Maybe he slowly changed when he saw the devastating toll of a misbegotten endless war. Maybe it was Barack Obama running for president. Maybe it was something else.
The Colin Powell who passed away today was not the same man of the past. I have always believed that a person who owns their mistakes and wrongdoings and works at being better deserves to be taken at face value.
I think one of the hardest things for people to do is admit they were wrong. When someone steps up and shows they have changed they at the very least deserve to have as part of their legacy the evolution that marked the second chapter of their life.
The bad is never erased, but I don’t think Colin Powell was a bad person. May he Rest In Peace.
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