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To: The Pack Knight
Wow, Schieffer is bashing Tommy Franks. First he thinks to lecture Franks on how to fight a war, and now he's talking about Franks taking money for the use of his name to raise money for wounded veterans.

I'll have to look into that second accusation, but the idea that Bob Schieffer, with about 5 years experience in the Air Force as a PAO, has anything to useful to contribute on military strategy to a general with 36 years of experience as a combat officer is laughable on its face.

He cited "the first rule of warfare" as "only invading when you have an overwhelming advantage." Since when is the Powell Doctrine "the first rule of warfare?" Maybe Schieffer ought to go back and lecture Alexander the Great on why he shouldn't have invaded the Persian Empire, the largest empire in history at the time, with only 42,000 men. Then he could explain why Caesar was a fool for attempting to conquer Gaul with less than 50,000 men, when his enemy could muster more than six times that number.

What an idiot.
275 posted on 01/20/2008 8:08:49 AM PST by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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Edwards bashing Reagan on CNN.

That's one thing we have to thank Obama for. He's goaded Hillary and Edwards into taking pot shots at the memory of a President who is very popular, especially among swing voters.
282 posted on 01/20/2008 8:11:10 AM PST by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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To: The Pack Knight

You gotta be kidding me?

Gen. Franks should have taken off his microphone and walked off the set right then and there.

He only did what every “expert” on the military said couldn’t be done. And without the “10,000 body bags” that Barry McCaffery said we were gonna need.

To sit there and be insulted by some has been scond rate media flack is the ultimate insult.


285 posted on 01/20/2008 8:13:19 AM PST by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Engineer Bn. K.I.A. 25 Apr. 2005)
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To: The Pack Knight

Schieffer should have retired five years ago.


306 posted on 01/20/2008 8:23:48 AM PST by rodguy911 (Support The New media, Ticket the Drive-bys, --America-The land of the Free because of the Brave-)
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