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Topics => The Departed => Topic started by: Miltrainer on December 27, 2012, 06:47:27 PM

Title: A Great Warrior has died
Post by: Miltrainer on December 27, 2012, 06:47:27 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/27/gen-norman-schwarzkopf-who-led-coalition-forces-in-persian-gulf-war-dies/ (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/27/gen-norman-schwarzkopf-who-led-coalition-forces-in-persian-gulf-war-dies/)  (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/NormanSchwarzkopf.jpg/220px-NormanSchwarzkopf.jpg)

Title: Re: A Great Warrior has died
Post by: TeachX3 on December 27, 2012, 06:52:44 PM

May he rest in peace, may all of his loved ones find comfort in Christ Jesus, AMEN.

Title: Re: A Great Warrior has died
Post by: charlesoakwood on December 27, 2012, 07:20:45 PM

Interesting man. IRRC, in one of his books he dissected Colon Powell's qualifications by the numbers.  Good show.
RIP General.

Title: Re: A Great Warrior has died
Post by: John Florida on December 27, 2012, 08:03:13 PM

  America needs heros like him. R.I.P.

Title: Re: A Great Warrior has died
Post by: IronDioPriest on December 27, 2012, 08:32:58 PM

Back in the days when I supplemented my music income by promoting business seminars Stormin' Norman was one of our featured speakers in the wake of his role in the Gulf War.

He was an entertaining and knowledgeable fella. I don't remember the specifics if his talk, but I'm sure it had to do with excellence/performance under pressure, that kind of thing.

RIP

Title: Re: A Great Warrior has died
Post by: AlanS on December 27, 2012, 08:51:50 PM

 ::USA::

Title: Re: A Great Warrior has died
Post by: ChrstnHsbndFthr on December 27, 2012, 09:54:46 PM

May God rest him and judge him lightly. It hurts to lose a man of his caliber. There are too few left.

Title: Re: A Great Warrior has died
Post by: trapeze on December 27, 2012, 10:07:11 PM

78 isn't young but still...

Title: Norman Schwarzkopf
Post by: Glock32 on December 27, 2012, 11:20:30 PM

RIP, General.   ::USA::


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/27/gen-norman-schwarzkopf-who-led-coalition-forces-in-persian-gulf-war-dies/ (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/27/gen-norman-schwarzkopf-who-led-coalition-forces-in-persian-gulf-war-dies/)

Passed away at 78 years old.  I guess it's a testament to the state of medical science that I think "wow that's not very old" anytime I see where someone less than 80 has died.  I read a Schwarzkopf quote on another site that made me laugh out loud. In response to France not joining the action in Desert Storm, Schwarzkopf said: "Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion."

Title: Re: A Great Warrior has died
Post by: ToddF on December 28, 2012, 07:32:46 AM

A great one.  And for comparisons sake, a humble man.

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Truth is, retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf didn't care much for his popular "Stormin' Norman" nickname.

I guess for some, it wasn't all about themselves. 

 ::USA::

One more piece of America's past greatness is gone. 

Title: Re: A Great Warrior has died
Post by: Libertas on December 28, 2012, 10:30:42 AM

Yes, very humble, perhaps too humble...I wish he could have been convinced to run for president as a Rpeublican, he would have made a much better choice than Dole (but then just about anybody would have been better than Dole...I think I supported Forbes that year) but IIRC the flirtation with Powell was still in play then.

Too bad.

Norm was a warrior's warrior and he will be missed.

R.I.P. Norm, day is done.   ::USA::