bulldogg
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Rummy did offer his resignation twice but the Commander-in-Chief didn't have the "brains" to accept it.
NO, he had the brains not to accept it. See my post above.
Rummy did offer his resignation twice but the Commander-in-Chief didn't have the "brains" to accept it.
Im glad that he is finally resigning. That should have happened a long time ago. He handled Iraq horrible. He had no idea what to really do after defeating the Iraqi Army. I hope that the new guy can do good over there. Either he needs to find a way to exit without causing a big disturbance and civil war, or he needs to send more men over there to take care of the situation and establish order.
Have you read Norman's book? He'd never come back he soured on the DC bull:cen: with President Bush Sr publicly declaring he had given the general all the time and resources he required while privately hounding him to DO IT NOW!!! Colin Powell spent his days as a condom between the two of them... nah, Gen. Schwartzkopf is too smart to step back into the pig pen.
The problem, as I see it, is that the mandatory lobotomy for promotion beyond 0-5 is far too effective and coupled with appointing civilians in the DOD who know SFA about the military and the related arts.
We need warriors not politicians. But the prevailing PC culture will bugger that in the womb as the armchair generals demand zero defects on shoe-string budgets so they can keep their welfare check coming till Uncle-Daddy gets outta Folsom. Imagine what would happen to Patton, Butler or Ridgeway in the current culture?
Warriors are different from the rest of the human species and as such need to be left alone so they can flourish. There is a great truth in the adage of letting loose the dogs of war and letting them do their job unimpeded. You cannot expect a warrior to comform to the constraints of polite society. To do so is to invite disaster. Civilians do not understand combat and as such once they decide to go to war the civilians, one and all, should then sit back and STFU and let those who bleed in their stead do their damn job.
Boy are you going to be drunk when everyone pays off on buying you the beer you deserve!!
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Is it ok for enlisted pukes and officer types to get piss drunk together??
Warriors are different from the rest of the human species and as such need to be left alone so they can flourish. There is a great truth in the adage of letting loose the dogs of war and letting them do their job unimpeded. You cannot expect a warrior to comform to the constraints of polite society. To do so is to invite disaster. Civilians do not understand combat and as such once they decide to go to war the civilians, one and all, should then sit back and STFU and let those who bleed in their stead do their damn job.
Is it ok for enlisted pukes and officer types to get piss drunk together??
I don't see the conflict Donkey. Can you connect the dots for me and illustrate what you see in my rant? The focus of what I said is in regards to management of the military by civilian authority and the armchair generals who like to deconstruct every bump in the road as reported to them by CNN.
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