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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumslatest rumor around Washington has the generals calling hegseth and trumps speach...
Fat man and little boy because it bombed so bad. LOL
vapor2
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SunSeeker
(58,374 posts)800 admirals and generals, and their advisors, flown from around the world on short notice to Quantico, VA. First class airfare (security needed) or military flights (even more expensive than commercial first class). Hotels. Cars. Food. Times at least 1600. You do the math.
lame54
(40,099 posts)soldierant
(9,372 posts)Generals tend to know a lot about military history, including from before they were born. This reference goes back to just barely after I was born, but I recognize it, from my reading, and from an opera (Doctor Atomic) in which I don't think the names were mentioned, but it called up related memories
Hekate
(100,133 posts)Kaleva
(40,434 posts)hvn_nbr_2
(6,817 posts)Generalissimo Bone Spurs and a drunken fool whose closest ever contact with combat was mouthing off to a microphone on Faux Noise lecture hundreds of generals on "warrior ethos."
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