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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 10, 2020 16:38:24 GMT
And hopefully this is the right board to discuss it. Me, I was always fascinated by Hannibal.
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Post by Catman on Oct 10, 2020 17:00:19 GMT
Mills.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2020 17:01:42 GMT
Tarkin
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 10, 2020 17:04:26 GMT
Well, if we're gonna do fictional generals someone tell that Ackbar fellow that fictional admirals are in-bounds too.
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Post by Catman on Oct 10, 2020 17:18:50 GMT
Well, if we're gonna do fictional generals someone tell that Ackbar fellow that fictional admirals are in-bounds too. And anyway, Tarkin had the military title of Admiral before he became Governor, not general.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2020 17:28:30 GMT
Well, if we're gonna do fictional generals someone tell that Ackbar fellow that fictional admirals are in-bounds too. well catman threw in a silly word play which isn't even a fictional general so I thought I was well inbounds.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 10, 2020 17:29:13 GMT
Well, if we're gonna do fictional generals someone tell that Ackbar fellow that fictional admirals are in-bounds too. And anyway, Tarkin had the military title of Admiral before he became Governor, not general. Catman's logic is infallible.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 10, 2020 17:30:41 GMT
Well, if we're gonna do fictional generals someone tell that Ackbar fellow that fictional admirals are in-bounds too. well catman threw in a silly word play which isn't even a fictional general so I thought I was well inbounds. Of course, it is! We're speaking generally here.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2020 17:35:15 GMT
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Post by enigma72 on Oct 10, 2020 17:51:21 GMT
Eisenhower
I like Ike!
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 10, 2020 17:57:14 GMT
An excellent choice. enigma72. The original plan for Overlord was to land three divisions on the first day, but Eisenhower pushed for five. It might have gone differently with anyone else in charge.
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Post by Catman on Oct 10, 2020 17:57:40 GMT
Catman has one of those buttons.
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Post by enigma72 on Oct 10, 2020 18:53:36 GMT
An excellent choice. enigma72. The original plan for Overlord was to land three divisions on the first day, but Eisenhower pushed for five. It might have gone differently with anyone else in charge. my dad was in WW2. He was a supply sergeant in France then Germany. He like Ike!
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Post by enigma72 on Oct 10, 2020 18:56:26 GMT
Catman has one of those buttons. cool! i looked and it is worth 8 to forty dollars on ebay. Not that you would sell it. How did you get it. You weren't old enough to acquire it on your own. My first memory of presidential memorabilia was Kennedy. Wish I had some of that!
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Post by Aj_June on Oct 10, 2020 19:36:43 GMT
Generals are usually evil people so I haven't got any particular favourite. But if you asked me who is one of the few generals I consider to have been very intelligent strategists then I may say:
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 10, 2020 19:42:17 GMT
Generals are usually evil people so I haven't got any particular favourite. But if you asked me who is one of the few generals I consider to have been very intelligent strategists then I may say: Of course! Bonaparte is one of the greats. My studies indicate that he started out as a good man but became evil somewhere along the way.
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 10, 2020 19:43:57 GMT
Ike:
"As we peer into society's future, we – you and I, and our government – must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow....
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."
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Post by loofapotato on Oct 10, 2020 20:06:57 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Oct 10, 2020 20:11:38 GMT
General Makepeace (played by Aldo Ray) in 'Shooters' (1989).
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 10, 2020 20:37:39 GMT
Following in Catman 's footsteps Motors
I have Win With Ike
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