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General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« on: December 27, 2012, 07:47:10 PM »
Godspeed, General :-(
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2012, 07:51:24 PM »
Damn.....RIP Sir. :'(
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2012, 08:23:01 PM »
Stormin' Hillary Norman.

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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2012, 09:16:21 PM »
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2012, 09:41:10 PM »
RIP, Norman.

His finest on-camera moment was when he said that the best way to get "disinformation" to the Iraqi Army was to bring in a select group of US journalists, swear them to secrecy on the basis of American lives being at risk, and then let them in on the war plan.

A false war plan.  >:D

He knew that these journalists - despite their vow of secrecy and risk to American lives - would "leak" the war plan and that the leak would reach Saddam's side.

And the US press corps didn't disappoint him - he knew he could count on them to act against US interests. And they did.
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2012, 11:50:58 PM »
Why the US never made him Supreme Allied Commander Forever And Ever is a loss to me....  :'(
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2012, 08:54:36 AM »
RIP general! 

 following in the tradition of great warrior burials, what should his weapon of choice be for the afterlife?  i'm voting for the m-60 to be laid in the coffin with him!
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2012, 08:58:08 AM »
The Storm has passed.
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2012, 09:05:34 AM »
RIP  :'(
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2012, 11:29:50 AM »
The epitome of "Duty, Honor, Country".

RIP.  :(
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2012, 11:42:18 AM »
None since Patton till he came along, and he managed to keep out almost all of Patton's bad side.

I spent about 25 seconds talking with him one afternoon - and it was a conversation he started!  Not just a "Hi, How are ya?" but a meaningful comment of support.  For an Army guy he really seemed to like Marines, too.

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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2012, 12:56:39 PM »
Quote from: geronimotwo on December 28, 2012, 08:54:36 AM
RIP general!  

 following in the tradition of great warrior burials, what should his weapon of choice be for the afterlife?  i'm voting for the m-60 to be laid in the coffin with him!

I know what I'd choose, but I think an M1 tank might be a bit large to fit in his coffin. Could always go the other way around and bury him inside the M1 though.
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2012, 01:20:47 PM »
I recall readinng that he liked the M9, so maybe we stick with a Beretta...
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2012, 01:32:06 PM »
he seemed like a good guy, RIP.
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2012, 02:41:00 PM »
Quote from: Chris on December 28, 2012, 01:20:47 PM
I recall readinng that he liked the M9, so maybe we stick with a Beretta...

Not sure how much he liked the M9, but he carried one in order to inspire confidence in the issued weapon with the troops. He seemed the type that, if shooting started around him, he'd grab a rifle & shoot back.
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2012, 03:32:13 PM »
His autobiography surfaced memories I'd long forgotten.  When he was a kid he lived in Saudi.  He was describing the sights and sounds of a local bazaar.  Brought me back too many decades to a different culture in an different part of the world where I experienced similar sights and sounds.  I will always be appreciative of that trip in a time machine.

Post Vietnam the military was a mess. He along with others decided to stick it out and helped create the military we were all proud of in Gulf I.  I hope we others of his caliber in que because we need them.
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2012, 04:29:39 PM »
Everyone dies.  Not everyone really lives.  He did.

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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2012, 06:21:55 PM »
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #18 on: December 28, 2012, 07:07:47 PM »
Rest in peace, sir.

Just sent his autobiography to my kindle.
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2012, 12:48:13 AM »
RIP Sir.


I remember sitting in our dayroom up at Ft. Aintwright watching DS & GW I on CNN and wondering why there weren't more officers and generals in particular, like him in the Army. Our CGs always seemed like hacks.

Anyways, I think this is the man who should have been president. We'd have been much better off now if he had.
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Re: General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead :-(
« Reply #20 on: December 29, 2012, 10:41:26 AM »
RIP General. Hand Salute!
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