Classic: O'Reilly Just Embarrassed Himself With Lt Gen Mcinerney

Fox News BOR Show | 11/30/05

[musicman]

"There must be a Newbie convention in town."

And NO thread about it?????.....geeezz

[Ostlandr]

Actually, you can train a soldier (read: cannon fodder) in six weeks.
It takes years to train a warrior.
To become a great warrior is a lifetime commitment.

That is the strength of the American armed forces- we train warriors who fight with the discipline and coordination of soldiers. Best of both worlds.

[AmericanVictory]

he has been consistently inaccurate about Vietnam. Someone ought to make him read "A Better War."

[Williams]

As a matter of fact, in the latter stages of WWII in Europe, Eisenhower was confronted with a shortage of "warm bodies" to fill out the army. As a result, they pushed many thousands of raw recruits just out of basic training into the fight. I have read that even with battle hardened commanders, few of these troops survived. They were "cannon fodder" indeed.

[Ditto]

I guess I made my first post in the spring if 97 when you could use a different screen name with every post. That caused a lot of problems.

The place sure has changed.

[Wristpin]

Bill's problem is lack of preparation to discuss some issues that appear on his show. His preparation was much better in the early days. He's getting complacent.

[ru4liberty]

He has overextended himself with his radio program and his books. He's far too full of himself at this point and it's showing in the way he keeps making himself look foolish.

[Txsleuth]

The problem with his remark about training the soldiers in six weeks, in essence, WAS his remarks..and since he is way off base in critisizing that...

IMHO>..it made his whole rant somewhat suspect.

[Ann Archy]

Thanks!! I've never looked it up...only tried to remember what a freeper told me.

[mombonn]

O'blowhard embarrasses himself nightly. I can't tell you the last time I've been able to listen to him.