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To: Windflier

" At that rank, the job is more about politics, than soldiering."

And what do you know about soldiering?

18 posted on 04/01/2010 8:08:10 PM PDT by verity (Obama Lies)

To: verity

>>” At that rank, the job is more about politics, than soldiering.”
>
>And what do you know about soldiering?

That’s one of the big complaints that Col David Hackworth had; that Generals were too busy being “perfumed princes” than the job of being a soldier.

20 posted on 04/01/2010 8:24:56 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)

To: verity

And what do you know about soldiering?

Oh, pardon me. I didn't know that I had to present my military credentials before commenting.

For your information, my comment was a direct quote from my dad, who is a retired Army Lt. Col.

27 posted on 04/01/2010 8:47:28 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)

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