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26. I mourn for all the Iraqi children who died at his hands.

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BREAKING: AP Source: Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Has Died in Tampa, Fla. [View all] Hissyspit Dec 2012 OP

Wow - Stormin' Norman. calimary Dec 2012 #1

I was just thinking of your post! He threatened to throw a jelly jar at my Dad. Hissyspit Dec 2012 #5

That's interseting. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #17

That's quite a memory, Hissyspit! A jelly jar? calimary Dec 2012 #18

Oops, I remembered that wrong. He told my Mom he was going to throw the jelly jar at my Dad because Hissyspit Dec 2012 #24

I met him once ybbor Dec 2012 #16

Welcome to DU, ybbor! calimary Dec 2012 #20

thanks ybbor Dec 2012 #23

This post was a duzey! amandabeech Dec 2012 #63

My mother: "He really did care about the troops" Hissyspit Dec 2012 #47

I heard that too Skittles Dec 2012 #51

HuffPo has it on their AP crawler. TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #2

I do hope he ended up reversing his opposition to gays in the military before he passed bluestateguy Dec 2012 #3

Yeah. That was my 'first thought' too... eom Purveyor Dec 2012 #8

LINK alp227 Dec 2012 #4

"Anyone here who thinks this is about oil is in the wrong business." DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #6

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Let us now when you exit so can check name off the list! whistler162 Dec 2012 #9

Please Explain atreides1 Dec 2012 #10

the glowing pride he swelled (further) with whenever speaking of the Highways of Death comes to mind Alamuti Lotus Dec 2012 #13

Wonder what people 840high Dec 2012 #11

Welcome to DU, 840high! calimary Dec 2012 #21

Sometimes, DU can be a sad and dark place... Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #19

Getting worse imo. I'll leave soon as I don't care to be party with such vileness. Wasn't this Purveyor Dec 2012 #29

Why should he go? Because he doens't join you in the hero worship? Piazza Riforma Dec 2012 #30

Simple respect. Learning how to show respect is a skill worth learning... Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #32

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Not worthy of respect... Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #35

Evidently others feel similarly about our recently deceased subject Alamuti Lotus Dec 2012 #45

Well, the same could be said for Ike... Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #50

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The best he did was to serve the oligarchs of the US. Arctic Dave Dec 2012 #31

None of these generals of today compare to the generals of years ago. No Ike who really southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #12

To be a Great General, you have to have an opponent of equal stature. bluedigger Dec 2012 #14

Yes you about got it right. These generals today are way to political. As we can see with the southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #54

Then your definition of treason has nothing to do with the definition contained in the 24601 Dec 2012 #64

Your right but their boss is the commander-in-chief and I believe that is the president. southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #65

Not all WWII Generals dflprincess Dec 2012 #37

I will agree with you on MacArthur for sure. Patton was another one. My father-in-law and southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #53

His legacy. JackRiddler Dec 2012 #15

Sadly people tend to forget things like this Piazza Riforma Dec 2012 #27

A couple of our 92Ms (morgue attendant specialists) were pulled for duty there Rozlee Dec 2012 #46

That horrid action ramped up USA hate bigtime. Sunlei Dec 2012 #48

The Real Story 4Q2u2 Dec 2012 #57

A pretty good biography from the New York Times: UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #25

I mourn for all the Iraqi children who died at his hands. Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #26

But the Kuwaiti children who died at Hussein's hands, that was okay? brooklynite Dec 2012 #34

Where the hell did I defend Saddam Hussein? Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #39

It wasn't his call to invade and go to war Ter Dec 2012 #42

He did not end up in his position by accident, he is accountable for his actions Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #43

Maybe now he can seek the forgiveness of all the Piazza Riforma Dec 2012 #28

Condolences to his family, but beyond that, nothing. RetroLounge Dec 2012 #36

thanks for the reality check CreekDog Dec 2012 #52

oh well, another departed war criminal. olddad56 Dec 2012 #38

I served in the Gulf War, but I really have no emotional connection with him. Aristus Dec 2012 #40

RIP, Soldier. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #41

Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, NJ native, rest in peace soldier DainBramaged Dec 2012 #44

Norm Schwarzkopf may have saved the Army jmowreader Dec 2012 #49

Article doesn't say what he died of primavera Dec 2012 #55

I heard complications from pneumonia. Hissyspit Dec 2012 #61

Pneumonia....and he had Alzheimer's, too, apparently. MADem Dec 2012 #62

Rest in peace, General Schwarzkopf. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #56

Just saw this on TV---one of his personal staffers came to work for me several years ago. MADem Dec 2012 #58

78 isn't far off the average lifespan for an American male daleo Dec 2012 #59

He had health insurance, too. MADem Dec 2012 #60

I suspect we'll never know the whole truth about GW syndrome daleo Dec 2012 #66

They'll probably wait until we're all dead! It'll be something for our descendants to mull over... MADem Dec 2012 #67