Gus Lee, Daily Beast: General Schwarzkopf’s Unforgettable Life Lessons
The legendary General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, a.k.a. ‘The Bear’ was my mentor. He taught me how to be a scholar, a soldier, and a man.
In 1964, when I left for West Point, California seemed highly unified in spirit. Now, in 1967 America, my generation and I had changed. When I deplaned at Travis Air Base near Sacramento, ground personnel recommended that we not travel in uniform lest we draw violent protesters.
“What they protestin’?” asked a soldier from the South.
“The war,” said an Air Force specialist. “They want peace and attack people in uniform.”
One of the most overated generals of modern history.such plaudits for defeating an enemy that was unprofessional. , low morale, ill equipped. , and lacking any form of modern survelliance and reconnaissance equipment.
ReplyDeleteThe world against iraq and iraq lost, wow what a surprise.
He would havemost likley been out fought and out thought had he been facing a 1940 Rommel.