A HUGE loss! He proved that military leadership could take care of the troops and STILL get the mission completed, with minimal casualties and time. THIS has hit me square in the chest, THIS man...this leader, I would’ve followed to hell and back. I can only hope that many in leadership positions have learned from him.
Not to start thread drift but you know who else did this very thing. George Patton. They called him "blood and guts" but it was the enemy's blood and guts left on the ground. His troops suffered the lowest casualty rate of all frontline American Armies in the WWII campaign, not despite his aggressiveness, but because of it. Like Patton, Schwartzkopf knew the value of a swift, strong offense.