Posted on 06/27/2008 7:11:06 AM PDT by Fundamentally Fair
Turns out the most senior retired general to back Sen. Barack Obama crossed paths with Sen. John McCain during their active-duty years.
Gen. Merrill A. McPeak, the Air Force chief of staff during 1991 Desert Storm, told The Washington Times he and Mr. McCain sat in the same National War College class of 1973-74. Mr. McCain, then a Navy commander, had been released by North Vietnam in March 1973 and arrived at the Fort McNair campus in July.
"We both graduated," Gen. McPeak said of what is considered a ticket-punching step up the ladder to higher rank.
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mr. McCain, a fighter pilot just like Gen. McPeak, was seeking to restart a military career after nearly six years of harsh treatment in North Vietnam.
"He was fresh out of jail, you know," Gen. McPeak said. "Skinny kid. All beat up of course, physically. But quite thin. They weren't feeding him very well in Hanoi. He's done very well at the dinner table in Washington."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Bump anyway.
I didn't know that McCain was in jail, General. Is that why the Gitmo terrorists have access to our courts now?.....
I've never had extensive connections to the military but, the one connection I do have, Air Force, for over 15 years says it all.
In 1993, his own subordinates routinely referred to him as "McDork."
Not the ideal position for a true leader.
It does not surprise me in the slightest that he supports Buraq.
Obama camp getting really slimy as desperation sets in.
Gen. McPeak is A.K.A. Gen. McStupid. This dude is a real P.O.S., and BHO deserves his help.
“But that is not what he’s most remembered for. With all of that disruption and the associated base closings, the single thing every one remembers “Space Commodore McPeak” for is his trip into fashion design. He decided that the Air Force “blue suit” should look more like the Navy uniform with a lot of silver braid and shoulder boards.”
Vache sainte! C’est Star Wars! Vite, solo! Là où est Chewbacca?
http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/03/23/mcpeak-speak/
Jail? He was a Prisoner of War, not incarcerated for armed robbery.
For those who don't know, Merrill "Tony" McPeak was the strangest, and perhaps the most hated, Air Force general in history.
I read this article yesterday, and even though I know he is a 24 caret jerk, I was still shocked by McPeak's comments.
McPeak was an idiot then and he’s an idiot now. I think he is a loser and should have NEVER been appointed as a General of ANYTHING.
And he’s wearing BROWN! That’s the downhome, folksy, alpha male power dressing espoused by Al Gore’s infamous advisor, whatshername.
When a real man and General, Ron Fogleman, took the reins, he quickly deep sixed the doorman's uniform.
I heard a story once that McPeak ordered all General's at a CORONA confernece to show up in the new uniform. General Fogleman (then head of TRANSCOM) showed up in his military fatigues.
Just talking that way about Senator McCain’s experience as a POW makes McPeak sound like a major league big time jerk.
McPeak was an idiot then and he’s an idiot now. I think he is a loser and should have NEVER been appointed as a General of ANYTHING
Just lovely. I can see it with a commodore’s hat with ostrich plumes.
Fashionista, yes.
My groom was in the USAF. What he thinks is not printable.
Gen Fogleman was known to wear BDUs with a gun belt and big TRANSCOM buckle. Great man.
I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;
I’m very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I’m teeming with a lot o’ news –
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.
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