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The mother of all press conferences
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:52 am
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:52 am
For those that remember, General Norman Schwarzkopf's famed press conference at the end of Operation Desert Storm 28 February 1991. (I meant to post this on Sunday on the 30 year anniversary of the event, but time got away from me.) I've you've never It's worth the hour or so to do so. Gen. Schwarzkopf kicks @$$ and takes no prisoners.
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I remember watching it and breaking it down in ROTC when I was at the Citadel.
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I remember watching it and breaking it down in ROTC when I was at the Citadel.
This post was edited on 3/2/21 at 7:56 am
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:53 am to Lonnie Utah
I thought this was a JBE thread on phase 2.3
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:55 am to Lonnie Utah
Green means Good
Yellow means Caution
Red means Bad
What I learned
Yellow means Caution
Red means Bad
What I learned
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:58 am to Lonnie Utah
If you've never seen it, his most Brutal line of the whole thing...
What is your impression of Sadam Hussein as a military strategist?
What is your impression of Sadam Hussein as a military strategist?
Posted on 3/2/21 at 8:01 am to Lonnie Utah
Why did you break down?
This post was edited on 3/2/21 at 8:02 am
Posted on 3/2/21 at 8:02 am to Lonnie Utah
we shouldn't have stopped at the border back then, maybe we wouldn't have had to go back and start that crap all over again.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 8:02 am to Lonnie Utah
A close second has to be Les Miles's Columbus Day address
Posted on 3/2/21 at 8:10 am to djangochained
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Why did you break down?
Well, if reading comprehension was a thing for you, you'd realize that I didn't break down, we analyzed not only the information presented in the press conference, but it's delivery. How much information do you give to answerer the public's questions, but to also protect operations security. General Schwarzkopf did a masterful job of controlling the flow of information presented. You've heard the saying in sports "Win the press conference." This is the original example of winning the press conference.
Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm was a textbox study in logistics, planning. tactics and execution. It gave all of our military commanders at the time, who'd spent their whole careers strategizing on how to beat the Russians in maneuver warfare in open country, a chance to implement the lessons learned.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 8:27 am to bonescanner
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we shouldn't have stopped at the border back then, maybe we wouldn't have had to go back and start that crap all over again.
While this is the truth, you have to look at it with the lens of the geo-political situation at the time. We had a VERY tenuous alliance with our Arab partners. The only way we got them to participate was to reiterate that we were not there for regime change we were there to liberate a sovereign country. Ironically, it was our presence in the region in the aftermath of the war that led to the establishment of Al Qaeda and the terror attack that led to the second gulf war.
At the time, we also had to work really hard to keep Israel from retaliating against Iraq after the scud missile attacks. Had Israel retaliated it would have destroyed to coalition and it would have been us, the Israelis, Brits and the French (NATO) vs the Arab countries in the region. It would have been a bloodbath for both sides.
This post was edited on 3/2/21 at 8:29 am
Posted on 3/2/21 at 8:46 am to Lonnie Utah
Stormin' Norman
That guy embodies a general. He is competent, measured, and just oozes leadership. Hell of an American.
That guy embodies a general. He is competent, measured, and just oozes leadership. Hell of an American.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 8:56 am to IAmNERD
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That guy embodies a general. He is competent, measured, and just oozes leadership. Hell of an American.
West Point Cadet Invites General Schwarzkopf to Have a Beer 1991
Posted on 3/2/21 at 9:09 am to Nado Jenkins83
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I thought this was a JBE thread on phase 2.3
Or worse, “The Destroya”!
Posted on 3/2/21 at 9:52 am to Lonnie Utah
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Posted on 3/2/21 at 10:24 am to Lonnie Utah
For those that are interested, here's a video on the Battle of 73 Easting which was the major engagement between US forces and the vaunted Republican Guard.
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Spoiler alter: It was a slaughter.
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Spoiler alter: It was a slaughter.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 10:37 am to Nicky Parrish
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