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Kolesar

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2. Secretary Gates chopped down the bloated "flag" structure in Europe

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 08:18 AM

Nov 2012

There were generals who had a Cold War command whose forces had been moved to the real war in Afghanistan or back to the United States. They lived like princes on holiday.

What was the other quip I heard: "The Navy has more admirals than it has ships".

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Petraeus scandal puts four-star general lifestyle under scrutiny [View all] unhappycamper Nov 2012 OP

I'm going to keep on kicking this because it's not just generals who think they deserve to be Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #1

Secretary Gates chopped down the bloated "flag" structure in Europe Kolesar Nov 2012 #2