United States Central Command Combatant Commander General Tommy Franks meets and shakes hands with Marines of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in the Iraq city of Numaniya on Monday April 7, 2003.
Talking Proud Magazine
Article:
Here's our general, in Iraq for everyone to see
April 8, 2003
The Iraqi leadership is making a fool of itself and all those who support it in any fashion. Iraq's leadership is not out leading. That's one reason those Iraqi forces are losing the war.
Conversely, our general is out leading, and he is being followed. That is a big reason we are winning. We are proud of him. He has not sought the limelight of the news cameras and daily briefings. He has stayed behind the scenes to stay informed, think, talk, debate and decide. Once all was in hand, he then quietly slipped out the back door to go to his troops in Iraq, be with them, shake their hands, award them medals, and beam them with his friendly, confident smile.
United States Central Command Commander Tommy Franks and Lt. General David D. McKiernan sit along the runway to talk over events of operation Iraqi Freedom at a forward operating airbase in Kuwait April 7, 2003.