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2013-04-02 Home Front: WoT

How America Lost Its Four Great Generals

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Posted by Steve White 2013-04-02 07:49|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Mattis being pushed out is just amazing, but then again I was amazed that Mattis would take the job to begin with.

The question is "What else do you want from a general?" and apparently the answer is "Someone who tells Champ what he wants to hear."

Posted by Matt 2013-04-02 09:26|| 2013-04-02 09:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Sort of reminds me of the wall hugging drone General in "Mars Attacks" who calls his wife and says "Thirty years of avoiding decisions and agreeing with everyone has paid off, I get to greet the Martians!"

Gadzooks, how long will it take to root out the drones and deadwood from our flag ranks after the empty suit leaves office?

Any guess on when Obumble will start appointing "Political Commissars" for the military?

Posted by Bill Clinton 2013-04-02 10:04|| 2013-04-02 10:04|| Front Page Top

#3 All were melanin-challenged and failed to meet the regime's profile for future leaders.

Captains of the religious right are always calling us back"
Rev. Luis Leon, speaking at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, Easter 2013

Posted by Besoeker 2013-04-02 10:05|| 2013-04-02 10:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Any guess on when Obumble will start appointing "Political Commissars" for the military?

Those are called Undersecretaries at DoD.

Very painful not having Lee, Longstreet, Johnston, et al on the team when it was important. Stalin purged his officer corps too, it was General Winter and interference from another pol among the opposition that saved his ass.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-04-02 10:35|| 2013-04-02 10:35|| Front Page Top

#5 General Lee was offered command of the entire Union Army and turned it down. He distrusted Washington, and did so until the day he died.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-04-02 10:37|| 2013-04-02 10:37|| Front Page Top

#6 I am reminded of mussolini's quote:
"when I have two candidates for promotion, I always promote the one with less ability because that he will know he owes his position to me."

We all know how the Italian army performed during WWII.

Posted by Frozen Al 2013-04-02 11:00|| 2013-04-02 11:00|| Front Page Top

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