and i passed onto colin what we were doing and he wanted to carry on what was going on. all of a sudden there was a headline, koul to can t, he was hauled into the white house and told no way. i do think one of the issues was we have not really i cannen advantage of some of the openings. he also was able to understand when to use force and one of the most interesting things was his whole doctrine of overwhelming force that we had to know what we were doing. one of the parts hard in dealing with a military genius that he said you have to always have an exit strategy. you can t do in if you don t have an exit strategy. i have to say that s not always
u.s. troopss should not be used as toy soldiers. then there was his pottery barn rule. you break it, you own it, tough lesson the u.s. learned after invasion of afghanistan and iraq after 9/11 when the u.s. military ignored the powell doctrine and did not have an exit strategy. born in 1937, colin powell joined rotc at city college of new york, served two tours in vietnam, where his world view was shaped while training in georgia, he faced racism. he was injured in vietnam, forcing an early end to his tour. he was made national security advisor under ronald reagan after the iran contra-scandal, oversaw invasion of panama and removal of emmanual norie ga. under george wbush, despite skepticism about the iraq
we ll talk about that in a few minutes. first, karl rove served with colon powell in the bush administration. he s pays tribute and talks about their relationship. first, jennifer griffin with a look back. hi, jennifer. hi, martha. known for his integrity, a soldier for 35 years, he will be remembered for the powell doctrine when he was chairman of the joint chiefs in the first gulf war, which stated the u.s. should only use military force if they have clear and achievable objectives with public support, sufficient firepower and an exit strategy. he told secretary of state madeline albright that u.s. troops should not be used as toy soldiers when she wanted to use the military in the balkans. his pottery barn rule, you break it, you own it. it s a tough lesson after the invasion of afghanistan and iraq after 9-11. born to jamaican immigrants in
staffs and secretary of state. served 35 years in the u.s. army, two decorated tours in vietnam. credited with reforming the u.s. military following the cold war and being the architect of the first gulf war. sandra: fox team coverage begins now weighing in on the medical side of this story. john: first to national security correspondent jennifer griffin on powell s life and career, what a life and career it was. jennifer: it was. known for integrity, he will be remembered for the powell doctrine during desert storm in first gulf war as chairman of the joint chiefs at the pentagon, which stated only use force if it has clear and achievable object itch with public support, sufficient firepower and exit strategy to end the war. he told secretary of state regarding use of u.s. military
fully analyzed? have another means been fully exhausted? is there a plausible exit strategy to avoid endless entanglement. ? is the action support evidence by the american people? do we have international support? he told them secretary of state madeleine albright regarding the use of the u.s. military in the balkans u.s. troops should not be used as toy soldiers and his pottery barn rule, you break it, you own it after the invasion of afghanistan and iraq after 9/11 when the u.s. military ignored the powell doctrine and did not have an exit strategy. born to jamaican parents and immigrants. he served two tours in vietnam where his worldview was shaped. training in georgia he faced racism, injured in vietnam forcing an early end to that