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Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, coalition forces leader during Persian Gulf War, dies
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| December 27, 2012
Posted on 12/27/2012 4:31:56 PM PST by Wisconsinlady
Edited on 12/28/2012 4:45:17 AM PST by Admin Moderator.
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WASHINGTON – 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."
That one perhaps suited him better later in his life, when he supported various national causes and children's charities while eschewing the spotlight and resisting efforts to draft him to run for political office.
He lived out a quiet retirement in Tampa, where he'd served his last military assignment and where an elementary school bearing his name is testament to his standing in the community.
Schwarzkopf capped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991 -- but he'd managed to keep a low profile in the public debate over the second Gulf War against Iraq, saying at one point that he doubted victory would be as easy as the White House and the Pentagon predicted.
Schwarzkopf was named commander in chief of U.S. Central Command at Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base in 1988, overseeing the headquarters for U.S. military and security concerns in nearly two dozen countries stretching across the Middle East to Afghanistan and the rest of central Asia, plus Pakistan.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: obituary; schwarzkopf; veteran
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To: Wisconsinlady
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posted on
12/27/2012 4:32:57 PM PST
by
surroundedbyblue
(Live the message of Fatima - pray & do penance!)
To: Wisconsinlady
RIP General. Your country called and you kicked ass. Well done, sir. Well done indeed.
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posted on
12/27/2012 4:33:30 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Wisconsinlady
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posted on
12/27/2012 4:34:50 PM PST
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them.)
To: Wisconsinlady
A final salute to a great man. RIP, Sir!
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posted on
12/27/2012 4:35:15 PM PST
by
MestaMachine
(It's the !!!!TREASON!!!!, stupid!)
To: Wisconsinlady
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posted on
12/27/2012 4:35:33 PM PST
by
Pikachu_Dad
(Impeach Sen Quinn)
To: Wisconsinlady
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posted on
12/27/2012 4:35:33 PM PST
by
Pikachu_Dad
(Impeach Sen Quinn)
To: Wisconsinlady
Thank you for your service. RIP.
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posted on
12/27/2012 4:35:54 PM PST
by
ConservativeStatement
(Obama is the "Disco Duck" president. A no-substance novelty that reached number one.)
To: Wisconsinlady
Wow, there’s been a lot of them lately. RIP
To: Wisconsinlady
Wow, there’s been a lot of them lately. RIP
To: Wisconsinlady
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posted on
12/27/2012 4:36:44 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(Arguing with a liberal is like playing chess with a pigeon.)
To: Wisconsinlady
God Bless you, General. RIP and thank you for your service.
To: Wisconsinlady
Rest In Peace, General, and our prayers are with your loved ones tonight.
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posted on
12/27/2012 4:38:18 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you've likely misread the situation.)
To: FReepers
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posted on
12/27/2012 4:38:18 PM PST
by
tomkat
(liberty or death)
To: Wisconsinlady
Sadly, only queers are replacing real men and leaders like this now.
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posted on
12/27/2012 4:38:30 PM PST
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: Wisconsinlady
See you at Fiddler’s Green general. Godspeed.
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posted on
12/27/2012 4:38:30 PM PST
by
big'ol_freeper
("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan)
To: Wisconsinlady
General Schwartzkopf was my role model. I will never be like him. I can only admire who he was, and what he stood for. Besides being a great leader, and great general, he had a fund of knowledge that was amazing.
I remember him telling the story about how he had once been caught in barbed wire, crawling through it and how scared he had been. He told it, not to brag, to give an idea to a reporter about what our men were going through in Iraq.
Rest in peace, General Schwartzkopf. Your country is a better place because of your service to us.
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12/27/2012 4:38:57 PM PST
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: Wisconsinlady
I remember after 9/11 he said we went out of our way to avoid civilian deaths and they go right for them. Called them bastards I believe.
To: Wisconsinlady
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12/27/2012 4:39:23 PM PST
by
NYTexan
To: Wisconsinlady
A true American. One of the best. Thank you, Sir.
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12/27/2012 4:39:35 PM PST
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Exit148
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