A 12-gauge IZh-12 Baikal shotgun gifted by Mikhail Gorbachev to Lt. Gen. Colin Powell at the Moscow Summit of 1988. The shotgun recently sold at a 2022 auction for $20,000.

Posted by Sensei_of_Philosophy@reddit | Firearms | View on Reddit | 9 comments

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hueynot@reddit

Colin Powell should be executed on CSPAN with that gun for perpetrating a 20 year war resulting in the death of over a million people. His lies to congress is what made everyone feel warm and fuzzy about the justification of the invasion.

Also, cool gun. Wonder if it’s ever been used

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NEp8ntballer@reddit

I'd suggest you read Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward. Powell isn't without blame, but the real architect of that fiasco isn't with Powell as Sec State. He just turned into the fall guy. By the time he made that speech at the UN the decision was already made.

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