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hifiguy

(33,688 posts) Fri Nov 16, 2012, 11:44 PM Nov 2012

Ike got in front of troops in his uniform [View all]

on D-Day and pre-emptively wrote a letter of resignation to FDR in the event Operation Overlord failed. Petraeus dropped his trousers for a bimbo while commanding an operation Ike would have delegated to a light colonel.

Think about it.

Now who was the greater general?

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Ike got in front of troops in his uniform [View all] hifiguy Nov 2012 OP

Ike was boinking his driver during the war (or some other underling) nt msongs Nov 2012 #1

That is true. ananda Nov 2012 #3

Actually... I read that Ike had ED and couldn't.... well... nt Bigmack Nov 2012 #9

kick for the day crowd hifiguy Nov 2012 #2

I have no idea why he is considered a great General edhopper Nov 2012 #4

Relative to todays flag officer ranks he's a step above, those ranks starting to look like 1%ers uponit7771 Nov 2012 #5

that's a low bar /nt edhopper Nov 2012 #6

Has anyone read The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today kiva Nov 2012 #7

Some people are just good at looking good. Octafish Nov 2012 #8

+ a googolplex for Ike. hifiguy Nov 2012 #20

Petraeus couldn't shine the shoes of two REAL generals... Bigmack Nov 2012 #10

Wow. That is a soldier - err, a Marine - hifiguy Nov 2012 #16

Not great at all: amborin Nov 2012 #11

I never understood the hero worship of Petreus Jersey Devil Nov 2012 #12

Here's a picture of him addressing the glacierbay Nov 2012 #13

^THIS^ hifiguy Nov 2012 #14

He wasn't about pomp and glitter glacierbay Nov 2012 #15

Probably D-1 day. bluedigger Nov 2012 #17

This picture was taken on June 5, 1944 in England glacierbay Nov 2012 #18

As I thought. bluedigger Nov 2012 #19