[pax_et_bonum]

Finally, I can promise the Biden Administration the following: buckle up because your lawless policies will not go unchallenged. We will not allow you to shred the constitution and infringe on the rights of Texans. You will be held accountable.

Good.

[Night Hides Not]

I've held a grudge against W since he fired Jay Garner in May 2003, about a month after he was appointed to head Iraqi Reconstruction. His crime? Stating a goal of returning Iraq to the Iraqi people as soon as possible: "It's their country, their oil."

My only involvement with LTG Garner was when he was a LTC, commanding 2nd Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery, near Ramstein, Germany. His battalion spent a week at the Todendorf AA range near Kiel. I was the XO of a support detachment during the summer of 79.

As the XO, it was my job to shadow every battalion commander during their week at Todendorf. He was the closest thing to Sam Damon I had ever seen. He wasn't a screamer, he was just a measured leader in the way he handled his job. You could tell his officers and soldiers had great respect in how they approached him.

Although I don't have proof, I'm convinced his after action report about us gave me free rein for the rest of the summer. I was usually in command, as our CO was dealing with marital problems at home station 400 miles to the South. I had great NCOs and we worked well together. Discipline was never a problem, not because of my leadership. There was a German town that came to life during the summer, with the greatest concentration of newly divorced women I had ever seen.

They fell in love with my soldiers, who reciprocated in turn.