ijust want mark kimmitt. great to have you on the programme.want to start by asking you, we heard and that reports what an important to legacy colin powell has left behind him. how will you remember him? i think like everybody. _ how will you remember him? i think like everybody. i _ how will you remember him? i think like everybody, i remember - how will you remember him? i think like everybody, i remember the - like everybody, i remember the decision he made to brief the united nations, some of the other issues that he's come to regret, but i really remember most about is the decision in 1991 to show restraint and to the united nations mandate and to the united nations mandate and not march on to baghdad at the end of the first gulf war. we defeated the iraqi army, in many ways we destroyed the army, and the road to baghdad was open, but he and the other members of the national security council said let's show restraint, let's stick within the mandates of the united nations, the army is destroyed, let's call it a day. we have a victory, let's

mark kimmitt is a retired brigadier general he gave me his reflections on colin powell's legacy.is the decision in 1991 to show restraint and to follow the united nations mandate and not to march onto baghdad at the end of the first gulf war. we defeated the iraqi army command anyways, we destroyed the army, and the road to baghdad was open, but he and the other members of the national security council said let's show restraint, let's stick within the mandates of the united nations. the army is destroyed, let's call it a day. we have a victory. let's not overextend ourselves. and i think that was a combination of leadership, restraintand leadership, restraint and candidly leadership, restraintand candidly good sense that most people should recognise and they probably don't.- they probably don't. yes, absolutely. _ they probably don't. yes, absolutely. i— they probably don't. yes, absolutely. i think - they probably don't. yes, absolutely. i think also i they probably don't. yes, absolutely. i think also it| absolutely. i think also it would be fair to say, as you point out, that

kimberly, how can al jazeera washington general mark kimmitt is a former assistant secretary of state for political military affairs. on the president george w bush. he worked on the colon pile and says the relationships with tears will forever be part of his legacy. she was everything that the eulogies and the admiration that is being spoken about a minute. he was larger than life, but he had a humility and a care for the individual that i think you rarely see either in senior government officials or senior military. so that's what i'll always remember about him. the way he had that individual touch with people of much lower ranks than he. but again, this is a guy whose ego was very low. he probably said to himself, i regret doing this. i made a mistake. but for people like him that don't have a great concern about his place in history, i think he got over quite quickly. his legacy will be that un speech that he made in 2003. but i think those are sort of served in the military and admire what she has done and what he meant for a generation of soldiers, particularly black and african