Posted on 12/27/2012 9:38:49 PM PST by FrogMom
Truth is, retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf didn't care much for his popular "Stormin' Norman" nickname.
The seemingly no-nonsense Desert Storm commander's reputed temper with aides and subordinates supposedly earned him that rough-and-ready moniker. But others around the general, who died Thursday in Tampa, Fla., at age 78 from complications from pneumonia, knew him as a friendly, talkative and even jovial figure who preferred the somewhat milder sobriquet given by his troops: "The Bear."
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He served with honor. RIP general.
I agree. In hindsight, we should have just cut a quiet deal with Saddam and bought our oil from him rather than the corrupt Kuwaitis or the Wahhabi Saudis. Kuwait was just not worth the trouble it ultimately wrought, and neither was Saudi Arabia. And he could have used all of that oil money to continue pummeling the Iranians.
God rest his soul.
He was the last “real” general in American history.
Saudi arabia — definitely not worth it. They are our enemy. It’s interesting to think of what could have happened — most likely Saddam would have been able to crush the Ayatollahs. He’d grab the western provinces of Iran
Sit up a little higher in your chair so reality doesn’t fly so far over your grape, obtuse one.
The Generals' War, pg. 327
Colon Powell, Wesley Clarke and John Kerry are not worthy to be mentioned in the same breath as General Norman Schwarzkopf.
Also 'is a political genius' is really not a complement coming from a one military man to another.
I could think of others who fall in that category but you get the point.
To the General, R.I.P
I don't despise him. He is a political opportunist not worthy to be in the same company with General Norman Schwarzkopf.
Powell is the Affirmative Action General just like Obama is the Affirmative Action President.
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