Lieutenant General David Petraeus

[rpm]

If there is anybody that can bail us out of the mess we are in right now, it's Lieutenant General David Petraeus. He understands what's required to achive success. Now if Bush will just listen to him.
http://news.monstersandcritics.com

[storch]

I agree.  I also wish jr would take a page from sr's game book

[Gunslinger]

Here's a pretty good write up on him from Michelle Maulkin

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006745.htm

[Yeager]

bush is not presidential material and should never have been elected.  I blame two men, gore and kerry

although I have to admit, gore damned near made it

[Hap]

Originally posted by rpm
Now if Bush will just listen to him.

I'm assuming this is a given.

hap

[DREDIOCK]

If  he's smart he will ignore whatever Bush has to say or yes him to death then go and do it his own way anyway

[storch]

Originally posted by DREDIOCK
If  he's smart he will ignore whatever Bush has to say or yes him to death then go and do it his own way anyway

does the name dugout doug ring a bell?

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by storch
does the name dugout doug ring a bell?

Actually MacArthur was exactly whom I was thinking of when I made that statement

If we had him in Iraq now . We would have the right person. In the right place, at the right moment in time.

MacArthur got that nickname from the survivors of Bataan.

I remember meeting  when I was a teenager one back in the late 70s at a place my mother used to work at.

Never knew a man could be loathed so much.
Trust me. "Dugout Doug" is downright polite compared to the terms this guy used. None of which would be allowed to be posted here.
And he wasnt real shy about whom he said it in front of either LOL

[rpm]

Originally posted by Hap
I'm assuming this is a given.

hap

Well you would think so, but not with Bush. He's fired every OIC that has'nt agreed with his assessment so far.

[lasersailor184]

If we had him in Iraq now . We would have the right person. In the right place, at the right moment in time.

You couldn't possibly be referring to the king of Cut and Run, could you?  The one the french all idolize?

[lukster]

Originally posted by Yeager
bush is not presidential material and should never have been elected.  I blame two men, gore and kerry

although I have to admit, gore damned near made it

I agree but I blame the republican party for their nomination. However, Bush surprised me and has done better than I expected.

[rpm]

Originally posted by lasersailor184
You couldn't possibly be referring to the king of Cut and Run, could you?  The one the french all idolize?

Are you talking about Petraeus?

[lasersailor184]

MacArthur.  Isn't that who dred was talking about?

[Debonair]

i hear this guys name & i think of Dr Zaius.  
Maybe they didn't consult that guy that was NRA boss & was in that movie with Dr Zaius...

[Yeager]

After 9/11, I knew that Bush would either a) lead the American people united against barbaric religious fanaticism or b) wimp out in a rather long and tedious farting movement.  You be the guess as to which I think he has accomplished.

Summary: As an individual man, I think he is a good example of decency, as a leader of the American nation he is an embarrassing failure.

And I have to say this, no single person on the political horizon of potential national leadership impresses me at all.