re: The mother of all press conferences

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Why did you break down?

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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.