Posted on 01/16/2009 6:54:28 PM PST by Coleus
Edited on 01/16/2009 7:22:33 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Gen. David Petraeus, whose strategy for countering the Iraq insurgency is credited by many with rescuing the country from all-out civil war, stepped aside today as Gen. Ray Odierno took over as the top American commander of the conflict.
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Those are two great soldiers.
Ditto that.
Great leaders. Bump to the top !
He’ll be replaced very soon. Clearly he doesn’t represent the proper gender-identity diversity required for the new-age obambi military.
For the last 3 months, our KIA have been 14, 17, and 16.
Of those....7,10, and 9 have been non-hostile.
We are losing more troops in non-hostile accidents than to enemy fire.
Either turn ‘em lose against Iran or bring ‘em home.
Counterinsurgency Field Manual: Afghanistan Edition
Foreign Policy | Jan/Feb 2009 | Staff
Posted on 01/14/2009 10:53:04 PM PST by Dawnsblood
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164868/posts
Person of the year - Gen. David Petraeus.
The Washington Times | January 1, 2009
Posted on 01/01/2009 12:51:26 PM PST by Kaslin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157318/posts
The man who owns 2008 (Nope, not Obama. It’s Petraeus)
News & Observer | Dec. 31, 2008 | Rick Martinez
Posted on 12/31/2008 10:15:17 AM PST by saganite
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156823/posts
Maybe not, but he is probably of Hispanic origin. That should be worth a point or two to the "diversity" bean counters.
Not relevant. Lot's of Americans of Hispanic descent in the military command structure.
IAC, "gender-identity-diversity" is the guiding light for the scum now taking control.
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