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General Schwarzkopf died<\/a>. \u00a0The Patton of my generation, he was the last famous war hero. \u00a0Leading up to the first Gulf War, when Sean Lennon was remaking daddy\u2019s Give Peace a Chance<\/i>, and Hollywood liberals were dousing state buildings with blood, and Peter Jennings was fearing boat loads of body bags, General Schwarzkopf proved them wrong. \u00a0Already there was a powerful stream of Down With America in our country, and knowing that the first Gulf War was all about oil, it wasn\u2019t hard for the anti-war crowd to attempt another peace riot era just like the good old days. \u00a0In many ways, it\u2019s what those ex-hippie Boomers had been hoping for. \u00a0I remember a college professor, still\u00a0reminiscing\u00a0about the crazy, hazy days at Haight-Ashbury, bemoaning the lack of passion in my generation. \u00a0Where is the anger? he once asked. \u00a0Anger? \u00a0What anger? \u00a0It was the late 80s. \u00a0Reagan had made an end run at Geneva, it looked to all like the Cold War could end peacefully, the economy was rebounding, there appeared to be hope again. \u00a0And once the Berlin Wall collapsed, the hope seemed justified.<\/p>\n

So it must have been with great relief to all\u00a0those\u00a0liberals\u00a0who had chaffed their way through the 80s now saw a perfect chance to rebel, that they grabbed the flags and flowers, and once again made a stand against the Evil Empire. \u00a0Added to it was the\u00a0assurance\u00a0that America, in all its post-Vietnam war glory, was a has been nation. \u00a0We didn\u2019t stand a\u00a0chance\u00a0 \u00a0As a college graduate honor bound to join if there was to be the inevitable draft, I watched with trepidation as news cast after news cast predicted the mauling and shredding of our forces at the hands of a\u00a0superior\u00a0Republican Guard. <\/p>\n

And then in stepped General Schwarzkopf. \u00a0Wearing his trademark fatigues, he exuded confidence and determination. \u00a0For a moment, he took us back, back past Oliver Stone\u2019s Platoon<\/i>, back past the drug sopped troops of Vietnam, back past Hawkeye and B.J. lamenting the Korean Conflict, back to a time when America was proud of itself, and proud of its leaders who could win. \u00a0And win he did. \u00a0It was almost\u00a0embarrassing\u00a0the\u00a0annihilation\u00a0of Hussein\u2019s fabled\u00a0elite\u00a0Guard. \u00a0The war ended. There was no draft. \u00a0And that last gasp of a county passing its prime was taken, and enjoyed.<\/p>\n

So thank you General Schwarzkopf. \u00a0He was not a simple poster child for this or that political agenda. \u00a0He stood outside of it. \u00a0He was a simple soldier doing his duty. \u00a0And for that, and the better part of our country\u2019s past that he represented, I will always be thankful. \u00a0Rest in Peace, and may your rest find you at your spirit\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"