The point is that just because someone with a chest full of medals says something, that doesn't make it so. You have to look into the evidence for the thing itself.
I think it's clear we're talking past each other by this point. Again, you can fit this news story into your head however you like.
I don't know though, whether Colin Powell risked his career in any way, it doesn't look like it.
You are weirdly not providing any reasoned arguments whatsoever, only illogical slander. Why is that?