"The Soldier's General"

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"The Soldier's General"

Fox — 11/2/2003 3:55:55 PM (archived)

As a counter-example to Sherman, I submit:

Gen. Omar N. Bradley

Another "...one of America's greatest generals and arguably one of the greatest military leaders that ever lived." - in large part because he did not "treat his own soldiers like tokens on a Parchisee board."

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"The real threat to Iraqis is coming now from Western defeatists" - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2003 6:17:41 AM
- re: the real problem with posting here - Mary Anne - 10/31/2003 3:26:38 PM
  - re: the real problem - Tom Brosz - 10/31/2003 6:45:02 PM
  - crowed over as a "victory" or a "conversion" - FrankC - 10/31/2003 5:26:21 PM
    - Success in Iraq - Mary Anne - 10/31/2003 6:49:45 PM
      - re: But that's not why we're there now . . . - D. Spires - 10/31/2003 7:28:06 PM
        
        The company line - Mary Anne - 10/31/2003 8:22:13 PM
        
        re: The company line - gbaikie - 11/1/2003 12:27:51 AM
        
        re: The company line - Tom Brosz - 11/1/2003 12:25:10 AM
        
        Nobody wants casualties - Mary Anne - 11/1/2003 2:30:40 AM
        
        re: I guess it really doesn't matter, Mary Anne . . . - D. Spires - 11/3/2003 11:11:14 PM
        
        Civil war history - Gary - 11/2/2003 6:24:03 AM
        
        "The Soldier's General" - Fox - 11/2/2003 3:55:55 PM
        
        Ask the people of Georgia about their fond memories of Sherman, even though the last veteran of the Civil War is long dead. - Mary Anne - 11/2/2003 2:11:40 PM
        
        Yeah, but the North won, didn't it? - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2003 12:01:49 AM
        
        re: No, the South lost. - Mary Anne - 11/3/2003 1:23:29 AM
        
        re: The South lost what? Sorry, but gained for the better is more like it. - Marcia - 11/4/2003 4:17:59 AM
        
        You contradict yourself. Twice. - Mary Anne - 11/4/2003 12:29:19 PM
        
        Historical footnotes - Fox - 11/5/2003 1:27:30 AM
        
        Louisian State University Press: "Why the North Won the Civil War" - ebnelson - 11/4/2003 2:17:03 AM
        
        re: No, the South lost. - gbaikie - 11/3/2003 8:08:16 PM
        
        an act of evil - Greg - 11/1/2003 3:50:31 PM
        
        There was no indication that saddam had disarmed pre-April 2003 - ebnelson - 11/2/2003 10:42:36 PM
        
        I'm not sure how to respond to you, so I'm going to go through thought by thought. - Mary Anne - 11/2/2003 3:55:18 PM
        
        re: I'm not sure how to respond to you, so I'm going to go through thought by thought. - Greg - 11/3/2003 5:50:50 AM
        
        Yeah! Let Saddam kill them instead. (n/t) - And let God sort them out. - 11/5/2003 1:04:43 PM
        
        re: Nobody wants casualties - Tom Brosz - 11/1/2003 5:28:49 AM
        
        an unfair suggestion - McFly - 11/1/2003 3:32:40 PM
        
        re: an unfair suggestion - Tom Brosz - 11/1/2003 9:18:57 PM
        
        re: The evidence is still out there, Mary Anne . . . - D. Spires - 10/31/2003 11:27:35 PM
- re: Thanks for the post, preacher-man . . . - D. Spires - 10/30/2003 10:23:31 PM
- Why don't you become a preacher and go take the word of God (PNAC) to all third world countries? - America to save the world.com - 10/30/2003 7:33:22 PM
  - They'd be one hell of an improvement over the leaders they've got now. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2003 8:44:00 PM
    - The leaders they've got now - Mary Anne - 10/31/2003 2:38:18 PM
      - Of Iraq only (n/t) - Not "all third world countries" - 10/31/2003 6:22:41 PM
        
        "On second thought, why don't we just send Cheney, Ashcroft and Ralph Reed to permanently reside in Iraq as their new leaders?" - Mary Anne - 11/2/2003 2:34:00 PM
  - Skip South Africa (too poor) and North Korea (too dangerous) while you're at it - Praying at the feet of the Allmighty $ - 10/30/2003 7:58:25 PM
    - Praying at the feet of the Allmighty $ - FrankC - 10/31/2003 5:04:48 AM

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