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Poster-boy losers: David Hackworth whacks military’s inexperienced ‘Perfumed Princes’ � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL)

Poster-boy losers: David Hackworth whacks military’s inexperienced ‘Perfumed Princes’

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Poster-boy losers: David Hackworth whacks military’s inexperienced ‘Perfumed Princes’

September 2, 2011 Gunny G

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the guy who saved our nation during the Civil War, probably wouldn’t make major in today’s Army. He was mule-skinner abrasive, enjoyed his sauce and wasn’t exactly what you’d call a pretty face.

Today most generals and admirals are highly attractive smooth talkers with some sort of master’s degree and a Ph.D. in how to work the corridors of power.

But while these uniformed central-casting smoothies know how to schmooze for funds for their latest silver-bullet project, they unfortunately don’t know how to fight guerrilla wars............
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