[FreedomPoster]

>>Franks is no one's dummy, folks. That's not to say he's the greatest warrior on the block, and doesn't need a strong deputy, but come on. He's pretty darn good.

I think MindBender26's post says it. No one would say Marshal was a dummy, but he needed an Eisenhower. Similarly with King/Halsey. Franks is good, but he needs a warrior to direct operations.

Now we have Franks/Abazaid.

Expanding on the idea, in the North African desert, Rommel needed a Franks. He lost on logistics.

[flyer182]

Reading these posts makes me so glad to not have joined the army. Kind of reminds of the time I was at Ft Benning and General Abrahms was talking, the army capt next to me said it wasn't necessary to listen to him because the General didn't have a ranger tab. At General Franks' level he had better understand politics, last time I checked war was an extension of politics. More importantly he had better understand logistics.