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"Franks is a good man, a very good man,(he was 2 months junior to me at FA OCS) but he is a staff and politico type who made most of his strides under Clinton, as opposed to Abizaid who commanded the Rangers in the Panama Invasion, etc."

No he wasn't Ranger Tabbed. haven't seen a lot of Red Legs that were. Unless I didn't look in the right places. Not being tabbed didn't stop Stormin' Normin from being CINC of CENTCOM or leading the troops in the Gulf War. And the "making strides under the Clintoon administration" could be said of Gen Barry McAffery. He went from being the CG at the 24th ID to SOUTHCOM Commander in under two years. Rumore back at Stewart was he got to 4 stars that fast because of a fairly nasty run in and snide comment made by a Clintoon appointee at the Pentagon and the promoted him fast to keep him quiet at a time when Clintoon was still so new in office and his draft dodging was still a big issue.