Marking. May give it a read.
I went to a book-signing with General Paul Tibbets. He saw my motorcycle helmet and asked me what I rode.
I told him a Harley 93FXR.
“So where is it?” he asked.
“In the parking lot.” I replied.
“Well, let’s go see it.” he said.
With that, he got up from the book table and went outside with me.
“Nice Ride.” he said.
Then he went back into the hangar and began signing books.
I have never gotten over that. It was like a bizarre dream. Nobody believes me, but it DID happen.
Petraeus is a great general.
But his politics place him squarely in opposition to the will and desires of the American people.
He is an internationalist first. And supports the state as the center of power.
Intelligence Matters
> even more important than the civilian/military/security triad, there has got to be support from home <
I can’t tell if Petraeus is complaining about that, or if he’s just stating a fact. If he’s complaining about it, then he is totally wrong. The American public is, by and large, not very aware. But eventually they’ll recognize foreign adventurism for what it is.
If your war does not have the support of the American public, then it’s a bad war.
“The book has a lot of good information about tactics and strategies from squad levels through to the top strategic commander level.”
I wonder if he covers the part where strategic commanders can use their sex drive to achieve battlefield success??? Definitely eye-rolling time in the presentation when he skips that part.
I can’t judge Petreus’ generalship, but the author certainly described a man who was an excellent politician - smart, glib, good in a crowd, makes you feel important.
I assume THAT is how one rises through Washington DC’s massive and bloated bureaucracies.
The organizer of the 51 signatory lie from former defense officials? Yea, nice guy.
Mike Morell, “nice guy”?? He not only signed, but played a role in starting the infamous “Hunter laptop is Russian disinformation”. It wasn’t a misjudgment on his part - he KNEW what he was signing was false - and has stated he did it to help Biden. That’s not my definition of “nice” - it’s the definition of “scum”