Posted on 09/01/2011 4:42:10 PM PDT by jazusamo
Obama is outclassed and outsmarted by retiring Gen. Petraeus
Gen. David H. Petraeus closed his phenomenal 37-year Army career this week with a joint review at Fort Myer in Arlington. Service members from every branch were present, and flags of all 50 states fluttered in the breeze. A substantial crowd had come to hear the general’s farewell address. Many were classmates from the West Point Class of 1974, smartly attired but enthusiastic and occasionally whooping like they were cadets. Others were people with whom he had served over his storied career, whom he recognized from the dais during his speech. The morning was sunny and clear, and the general was his usual affable, ebullient self.
In his remarks, Gen. Petraeus recalled the days when he entered the military, when the Vietnam War was winding down and the armed services were being pared down to the “hollow forces” of the 1970s. “The Army I joined as a second lieutenant had suffered enormously,” he said. “In the wake of our involvement in Vietnam, our Army and much of our military were grappling with a host of very serious challenges.” The senior leaders who first wore the uniform in those dark days were not discouraged. They began their careers with a sense of mission. “I know I speak for many when I say that we came away from that period vowing to never let our forces get to such a point ever again.” Through his efforts, and those of countless other visionaries in and out of uniform, the hollow forces were transformed once again into the finest fighting force in the world.
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presided over the ceremony with William J. Lynn, deputy secretary of defense...
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Which 7 states were as rude as Ozero, and refused to show up?
If it were me, I wouldn’t want either one of those t*rds there.
I hear you and I wouldn’t either but after his years of service and accomplishments the both of them owed it to the General.
Perhaps they were reviewing the “Embrace the Sodomy Training” that DoD has implemented.
“Air Assault!”
Lol!! Love the tag btw
I have thought for a long time that General Petraeus would make a fine VP for Sarah.
I just had a terribly conspiratorial thought.
The first US president who had been head of the CIA was H.W. Bush.
But several people in Obama’s family, especially his grandfather “the furniture salesman”, and his mother, were deeply involved with the CIA. And much of Obama’s rather nebulous background seems to have been concocted with the idea of him become a major agent in the Cold War. Though the Cold War ended and everything changed.
I say this because General Petraeus is now head of the CIA. Once Obama is out of office, heaven forbid it is after a second term, were Petraeus to suddenly become interested in becoming POTUS, the right would probably fall all over itself to embrace him.
Come to think of it, wasn’t there a strong suggestion that Bill Clinton had CIA ties, going back to his college years?
Many military officers have eventually become POTUS, so is it that hard to imagine the CIA creating a program of self-preservation by grooming future presidents?
After all, the CIA just wants to advance American interests, right?
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