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General Merrill McPeak was the senior officer in the Air Force during Desert Storm after his predecessor got fired for saying he "would bomb Saddam and his mistresses" (or something to that effect) He did NOT operationally command during that war but he was a fighter pilot in Vietnam.

McPeak is (arguably) the worst Chief of Staff there ever was, and was obsessed with getting the service pretty new uniforms and almost personally ran the Air Force into the ground. He was then and still is widely ridiculed and reviled for his policies.

General Tommy Franks commanded troops which, in cooperation with our Allies and local insurgents and supported by airpower, toppled a govt and freed people suffering religious persecution all while killing or capturing many Al Queda and keeping them on the run. Remember the MSM and pundits pointing out that both the British and Russians were defeated by the Afghans and that we were going to get slaughtered on the battlefield? Well, after a few weeks, troops on horse and pickup trucks, and airplanes raining bombs down, the Taliban was routed.

Does McPeak have a clue, not a one. Did Franks command victorious troops in two wars, your damn right. When McPeak endorsed Kerry, I knew the President would win.

Found this revealing bit of info on ''general'' mcpeak:

On Page 117, figure 6.4, why is CMSAF Pfingston not wearing US insignia on his service dress jacket?

A: Although this may look like an error, the picture is, in fact, accurate. We too wondered whether the picture was accurate, so we personally contacted Chief Pfingston during the development of the 1999 PFE Study Guides and asked. He stated that when the USAF developed the guidelines for the wear of the uniform with applicable accoutrements, he and General McPeak, along with the Uniform Board, decided to eliminate the wear of the US lapel insignia on the new service dress coat. He wanted his picture to depict him in the uniform combination that was in effect during the remainder of his tenure as CMSAF. Specifically, he said he wanted everyone to know that he was the first CMSAF to wear the uniform without the US insignia. Subsequently, Gen Fogleman decided the US insignia should be part of the uniform and had it reinstated. Therefore, Air Force uniforms were actually without the insignia for about a year and a half. Most folks don’t know then because it applied only to the new service dress coat, and in the early 90’s, not too many people owned one.