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To: grey_whiskers; All

ICYMI:

A few snippets of info on Macgregor:

a U.S. Army Colonel (retired), author, consultant and television commentator.[1]

On July 27, 2020, the White House announced that President Donald Trump intended to nominate Macgregor to serve as the United States Ambassador to Germany.

Macgregor was the “squadron operations officer who essentially directed the Battle of 73 Easting” during the Gulf War.[2] Facing an Iraqi Republican Guard opponent, Macgregor led two troops or 19 Tanks, 26 Bradleys and 4 M1064 Mortar Carriers through the sandstorm to the 73 Easting at roughly 16:18 hours on 26 February 1991 destroyed almost 70 Iraqi armored vehicles with no U.S. casualties in a 23-minute span of the battle.[2]

In 2012, he challenged general James F. Amos’ stance on the United States Marine Corps. Macgregor argued that the military capability and pertinence of the Marines, along with Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps, made them both “as relevant as the Army’s horse cavalry in the 1930s”.[14] In 2014, he stated that U.S. Army is designed to benefit four-star generals, not brigade readiness.[15]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Macgregor


1,748 posted on 11/11/2020 12:20:34 PM PST by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: greeneyes; grey_whiskers

Macgregor is the guy who rightfully referred to the “Muslim invaders” of Europe that cost him an ambassadorship. He pissed off a lot of liberals with that. Good pick in my book.


1,761 posted on 11/11/2020 12:42:51 PM PST by numberonepal
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