General Norman Schwarzkopf Dies Aged 78

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General Norman Schwarzkopf Dies Aged 78

Former US President George HW Bush calls General Norman Schwarzkopf "one of the great military leaders of his generation".

TAMPA: -- General Norman Schwarzkopf, who commanded the US-led coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf War, has died.

The 78-year-old died on Thursday at his home in Tampa, Florida, where he retired after his last military posting as commander-in-chief of US Central Command.

A much-decorated combat soldier in Vietnam, Gen. Schwarzkopf was known popularly as Stormin' Norman for a notoriously explosive temper.

Former president George HW Bush, himself sick in intensive care in Texas, was the first to issue a statement mourning the loss of the man he chose to lead the war that came to define both of their careers.

Full story: http://news.sky.com/...pf-dies-aged-78

-- sky News 2012-12-28

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2254000/General-Norman-Schwarzkopf-led-troops-Persian-Gulf-War-dies-age-78.html

[F4UCorsair]

Love or hate what the Americans get involved in, General Schwarzkopf was quite a soldier, and 78 is way too young..

[Credo]

R.I.P. Some battles just can't be won.

[Potosi]

"When I look down and see the prestigious fleet they have collected, I cannot help being astonished that a poeple should come 3,000 miles at such risk, trouble, and expense to rob, plunder and destroy another people because they will not lay their lives and fortunes at their feet". That's a quote from the American revolution.

[TexasRanger]

R.I.P. Sir.

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[Bwanatickey]

R.I.P

Young when compared to last century's statesman still alive but knocking on heavens door. Bush senior. R.Mugabwe. Margaret Thatcher. Feidel Castro.

[chooka]

Love or hate what the Americans get involved in, General Schwarzkopf was quite a soldier, and 78 is way too young..

Quite true, even we colonials down under knew of Stormin Norman, Rest In Peace big fella, you can stand down, Now get along as they're waiting for you in the Mess. I salute you Sir.

Edited December 29, 2012 by chooka

[Scott]

There are probably hundreds of threads for those who wish to re-hash the Iraq war. This isn't one of them.

[chuckd]

He was a great soldier and leader. RIP.

One interesting thing about his family is that his father was, at one time, Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police and was lead investigator of the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby in 1932.