at age 78. Reason not known at moment.

http://news.yahoo.com/ap-source-retired-gen-norman-schwarzkopf-dies-002111413--politics.html

For the record, I posted this first.

His dad was lead investigator in the Lindbergh case.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

RIP

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

One of my favorite historical people in my lifetime.

going to war without the French is like going hunting without an accordion.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

In the original storming of Iraq,I remember the USA had either zero or a few casualties. I remember the General beaming as he stood in front of the press. He knew his job,that's for sure. RIP

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Talking about Saddam

"He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he’s a great military man.”

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