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64. Then your definition of treason has nothing to do with the definition contained in the

Reply to southernyankeebelle (Reply #54)

Sat Dec 29, 2012, 06:28 PM

Dec 2012

Constitution.

Fortunately, soldiers (as well as sailors, airmen, marines, civil servants, members of congress, etc) swear their oaths to the Constitution, not to the President. In Nazi Germany such an act would have been treason.

Political Generals - like ones who run for political office, e.g. Wes Clark.

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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