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To: clee1

Schwartzkopf's envelopment of the Iraqi Army was not his idea but came from a retired Air Force Colonel named John Boyd, who, living in Boynton Beach discerned and critiqued Schwartzkopf's plan. Boyd then got through to allies in the Pentagon -- including Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney. Schwartzkopf was furious at what he saw as meddling but in time saw the wisdom of the "end run" that Boyd had proposed. Take a look at the book Boyd, by Roger Coram, for the details of a remarkable and tempestuous military career.


413 posted on 11/14/2004 9:08:52 PM PST by Rockingham
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To: Rockingham

Will do. Thanks!


417 posted on 11/14/2004 9:12:09 PM PST by clee1 (Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
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