We lost another great American today...

Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies

General Schwarzkopf ;One of the few great Generals of this era. It is not his fault that there was a political decision to clock out of Operation Desert Storm after 100 hrs of ground combat .
Favorite quote... In response to a reporter’s question about forgiveness towards the Iraqis prior to Desert Storm the General said “I believe that forgiving them is God’s function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting.”

Yes a moment of glory, too bad his hand was stayed

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Originally Posted by tomder55

General Schwarzkopf ;One of the few great Generals of this era. It is not his fault that there was a political decision to clock out of Operation Desert Storm after 100 hrs of ground combat .
Favorite quote .....In response to a reporter’s question about forgiveness towards the Iraqis prior to Desert Storm the General said “I believe that forgiving them is God’s function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting.”

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Love it.

While we are doing the eulogy thingy ,here's to Fontella Bass .
RESCUE ME/FONTELLA BASS - YouTube
And Lee Dorman
Iron Butterfly-In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida -1968 (Full Version) - YouTube

And of course Charles Durning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0GVU...layer_embedded

Jack Klugman, Larry Hagman...

One of the General's great quotes:
“It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.”