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Thirteen Days

Its been my (rather limited) experience that generals and admirals are neither less nor more bloodthirsty than anyone else.
 
LOL

Hey AUP didn't you have a thread a bit ago about how awful it was Rummy was in charge of the war instead of the generals?

So now it is bad I suppose for the generals to be in charge...

Talk about Orwellian double-think...
;)
 
Agammamon said:
Its been my (rather limited) experience that generals and admirals are neither less nor more bloodthirsty than anyone else.
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Most generals are not warmongers.

There are exceptions. Curtis Lemay was one of those who never saw a communist that did not need bombing. This is the guy AUP is thinking of. I have not seen 13 days and I wonder if it show all the generals as warmongers. If it did, it was a gross distortion.

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_LeMay

He was not a success as Chief of Staff; he was a belligerent and totally committed anti-Communist and clashed repeatedly with more
flexible minds, such as Robert McNamara, Eugene Zuckert, and General Maxwell Taylor. LeMay lost a number of significant
appropriation battles (for Skybolt ALBM, the F-111, and the B-52 replacement, the B-70.) He also lost in his desire for a much more
vigorous engagement in Vietnam. The quote "we should bomb Vietnam back into the stone age" is often, if erroneously, attributed to
him. However, his passion for strategic over tactical strikes did come to be reflected in the Air Force, which became disproportionally
strong in favour of strategic bombing operations during his tenure. He retired in February 1965 and a potential political career reached
no further than vice presidential candidate to George Wallace in 1968.

The General Jack D. Ripper character in the 1964 film Dr. Strangelove is said to be based on him.
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I cannot find a quote for it, but Lemay was said to have regarded the Cuban missile crisis as a missed opportunity. He really wanted to bomb them.
 
Mike B. said:
LOL

Hey AUP didn't you have a thread a bit ago about how awful it was Rummy was in charge of the war instead of the generals?

So now it is bad I suppose for the generals to be in charge...

Talk about Orwellian double-think...
;)
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I thought I was asking a question. Also, the film was about avoiding a war.

In the recent example, the war was always going to happen. People had known about it since about this time last year. It was just a matter of not if, but when.
 
Doubt said:


Most generals are not warmongers.

There are exceptions. Curtis Lemay was one of those who never saw a communist that did not need bombing. This is the guy AUP is thinking of. I have not seen 13 days and I wonder if it show all the generals as warmongers. If it did, it was a gross distortion.

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_LeMay



I cannot find a quote for it, but Lemay was said to have regarded the Cuban missile crisis as a missed opportunity. He really wanted to bomb them.
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There was dissension and debate at all levels of government and the military. The portrayal was one of the generals wanting war, and the politicians trying to avoid war. Given that war meant using nukes, avoiding war seemed to be a good idea.
 
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