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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Juan Blanco, post: 1602472, member: 41665&quot;]Against the hagiography of Schwarzkopf, the Times noted a critical analysis yesterday:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...General Schwarzkopf {was} a second-rate commander who took credit for allied successes, blamed others for his mistakes and shouted at, but did not effectively control, his field commanders as the Republican Guard slipped away.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Desert Storm was almost a bad joke; the last 9 years, however have been brutal. IMO Petraeus was more skillful, effective &amp; shrewd - in other words, the most successful US military leader in our times. (Adultery flap notwithstanding.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Schwarzkopf can be forgotten... like McChrystal, Franks or some of the other Bush-league Commander cronies who botched the Iraq/Afghanistan effort.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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