Retired General H. Normal Schwarzkopf Jr, the leader of Operation Desert Storm, died today reportedly from complications dealing with pneumonia. He was 78.
Starting his military career in West Berlin, then later as an adviser to the South Vietnamese Airborne Division, Schwarzkopf rose steadily through the ranks and became a full general in 1988, when he was made head of CENTCOM.
Not long after, Schwarzkopf commanded Operation Desert Storm, the 1990-91 invasion of Iraq. He was offered the position of Army Chief of Staff after the war but declined and retired instead.
His retirement was mostly a quiet one, though he was once again thrust into headlines in 2003 when he expressed concern about the upcoming US invasion of Iraq for a second time, saying he was uncomfortable with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s war plan.
In the end the retired general relented and endorsed the war, claiming he was convinced by Colin Powell’s forged evidence of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq, which was presented to the United Nations in the lead-up to the invasion.
Though he endorsed President Bush in 2000 and 2004, Schwarzkopf’s dissatisfaction with the Iraq War was repeatedly made public, and in 2004 he once again lashed Rumsfeld for “mishandling” the occupation.
After this, Schwarzkopf kept an even lower profile, endorsing Sen. John McCain (R – AZ) for President in 2008 but mostly focusing on charitable endeavors in his final years.
So the butcher of Iraqis in highway of death is no longer there.., the man who ordered the killing of thousands upon thousands of both civilians and Iraqi solders returning to Iraq…, I wonder how many of them were sunny Muslims…?
Well, I have to respect Schwarzkopf for one thing… Soon after I came to live in Kuwait, Bush Sr. came for a visit in which he was collecting money for his presidential library. He came with many of his sidekicks; i can't remember any of them but James Baker. When he left after a few days (with lots of money from private donations), Baker and the others were on the tarmac waving goodbye to him, and I didn't understand why they weren't leaving with him. It turned out that they were all here representing various corporations and using their ties to get huge, lucrative contracts for their corporations – on the backs of the American soldiers who were the ones who actually did the work… And around then, I read an interview with Schwarzkopf in which he said that he refused to do this.
the good die young.
….(78 is not young)
One less murderer.
Good riddance.
Rest in pieces as far as I'm concerned. This idiot was supposed to be a "military genius" – according to his PR back then – but when he finally launched his attack he didn't do anything that hadn't been predicted by everyone else in Time Magazine for a year…
He was also the moron during the Grenada incursion that suddenly figured out he could land his choppers on the beach right in front of his command ship… I guess that's where he got the "genius" designation…
Pathetic. I always wanted to put a .45 bullet in his head then hang a sign on him that said, "Now THIS is precision targeting…"
And his father was top spy for shah of iran.
I hope Stormin' Norman got his just desserts and Stormed his way down to Hell, to be with
his Daddy in a red suit.
My memory fails me – how many innocent Iraqis did Poppy Bush and this mercenary guy here manage to kill, after Bush and Baker rope-a-doped Saddam into thinking it would be okay for him to invade Kuwait and put a stop to their slant-drilling under the Kuwait-Iraq border and stealing oil that belonged to Iraq?
I believe I read something written by the late Col. David Hackworth years ago that said something like 75% of the US troops who were sent to fight in that illegal and contrived Bush Crime Family War are now completely disabled. Gulf War Syndrome – which we all now know is connected to exposure to Depleted Uranium.
Thanks for being a subservient heel clicker, Norman. You wouldn't have been fit to carry Hackworth's dirty jockstrap.
Until american generals stop running around with all the medals on theyre chests nothing will change> now you have solgeirs comitting surcide i would think for feeling guilty all that killing for money the Dollar what else
I wish those soldiers who are committing suicide because of their feelings of guilt and remorse over what they have been ordered to illegally and immorally do, would substitute anger and determination for their feelings of guilt, and return home at the first opportunity to help the growing number of true patriots who are awake to the evil monsters who've hijacked our nation. We will need their military knowledge, expertise, and experience in this battle to take our nation back.
I hope Stormin' Norman got his just reward and made his way down to Hell, to be with
his Daddy in a red suit. The late Army Col. David Hackworth years ago said 75% of the US troops who were sent to fight in that illegal and contrived Bush Crime Family War are now disabled. Gulf War Syndrome – which we all now know is connected to exposure to Depleted Uranium. At least 10,000 US troops died of cancer within 5 years. Thanks for being a subservient heel clicker and perfumed prince, Norman. You wouldn't have been fit to carry Hackworth's dirty socks.
Well he seemed allot better than the boot licking generals that are managing our wars today. At least he had enough for thought not to go to Baghdad. I wish him well.