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Scenario of the day

Imagine in todays hypersensitive political age that a General in Iraq visited a field hospital and in the process came across two soldiers who were weeping and crying, and geerally being a couple of complaining little whiners.

Now imagine that the General publically slapped the crap out of both of them in full view of the press and other Officers and Enlisted men in the hospital.

Imagine that in the early days of this mans career, he was also engaged in fighting against an insurgent guerilla army, and having ambushed several local guerilla commanders, shot and killed them then strapped their dead bodies to the hood of his car and put them on display for the press.

Ok, you get it, he would have never had a career in the modern day United States Military. He would be a subject of 'Hardball' for months on end, TNR would run this character on the front page, along side pictures of Abu Ghirab as evidence of American atrocities and "why do they hate us? here's why!". John Kerry would probably call him General "Jengis Khan".

Now go ask your veteran family members how many more Americans would have died in World War II and how much longer the war would hase gone on, had they not been under the command of George S. Patton.

Then sit and wonder what sort of 'idealogical cheesecloth' we are using to filter our military leaders of today and what it will eventually produce.

More Wesley Clarks? or more George Pattons?

You decide.

If you have a teenage boy in your family, ask yourself what type of man you want leading your kinsman if he were to be called into a war?

Wesley Clark or George Patton?

You decide.

Posted @ October 03, 2007 10:06 AM | Current Affairs

Posted by: THIRDWAVEDAVE at October 4, 2007 11:48 PM