The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom. –Sun Tzu
For an actress to be a success she must have the face of Venus, the brains of Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros. –Ethel Barrymore
Is it me or is she beginning to really resemble her father?
If I had the opportunity to choose between the two to befriend, I’d take General P over her every time. He can stand tall with head held high with pride, she not so much.
As1stS: Wow, you are right. Thanks a lot, Shipmate. . .
CP: As far as Hollywood goes, she is better than most. (Which is not saying a whole lot.) Of course, I agree with you on the General. I have worked in support of his operations and he is a great man.
I always had a lot of admiration for General Petraeus and his leadership during his time under the direction and tenure of CIC George W, Bush…I haven’t been so much of a cheerleader for him recently and his decisions to change the manner in which our troops behave under the Obama administration and I know he can’t say much without being fired… but still I am hesitant to fully support what he has had to do under Obama…we can understand, but I think honor should be the hallmark of our military, not the going along to get along mentality of our political system…and again I know when you are this high up, you’re a political creature..and I’m still wondering though if this is a standby position until the country has better leadership in the White House? As I said, I understand but forgoing your principles to stay in place sometimes is a weasel-like…and not necessarily an example of honor,..what does everyone here think…..k
In reply to Kristen, you are exactly correct as far as I’m concerned… I think Obama ‘with malice aforethought’ took Petraeus out of contention in 2012 by putting him at the CIA. At that level, politics always plays into decisions made both inside and outside the Puzzle Palace…
And this is exactly why I never bought into the political shenanigans that was necessary the higher up we were exposed to in both enlisted and officer military ranks…Obama is a destroyer, politically and otherwise…but whatever he has control of, he enforces his own limited ideology which is a proven failure in every venue there is…whatever liberal ideas he has is just enactment of failures one piled on top of another…so his policy position on the military is what he was taught in the university setting…they hate, loathe and despise the military…when we have Islamic terrorists attacking and murdering more than the 3000 people who died on 9-11 occurring on a grander scale, will liberals ever admit they were wrong…and eliminating 80,000 troops at this very crucial time is a mistake of gigantic proportions….Obama hasn’t admitted any errors yet and he’s been so wrong, no one even talks about his failures now….because they know the depth of his disastrous failures….k
General P is a great American. Period.
Kris: I have always taken General Petraeus to be an honorable man. And when he was faced with a decision to leave the Army (as Old NFO recounts above) I think he made a tough call. I have nothing but respect for him. As JAKL says, he is a great American. . .
I agree with your thoughts on Angelina. She is not great, but better than most.
I don’t disagree with you Navy One on the General…he’s one savvy character and knows in the most political of senses where he is at any given moment…I’m just trying to read those stitches on the fastball, so to speak, before they occur…it always remains very difficult to anticipate what a man like the General will do given the circumstances…I believe he’s far more intelligent than Obama..not that that would take much…but still, I was disappointed in what he asked the troops to do in the Middle Eastern theater….and how policy has both changed and endangered our men and woman in uniform…only saying, it was unexpected and not like him….k
Definitely savvy. And intelligent. I wish him well. . .