Colin Powell, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was widely known for embracing a philosophy that war should only be undertaken as an absolute last resort. This prudent perspective, often referred to as the Powell Doctrine, insists that political leaders must exhaust every diplomatic, political and economic avenue for resolving conflict before sending soldiers into battle and placing human lives at risk. War, in Powell’s view, was nev…
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