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Norman Schwarzkopf has died

  • 28-12-2012 1:40am
    #1
    Capt'n Midnight
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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20855937
    Gen Schwarzkopf - known as Stormin' Norman - was commander of coalition forces in the first Gulf War in 1990-91.
    ...
    Despite his national celebrity, Gen Schwarzkopf always rejected suggestions that he run for office himself.


Comments

  • #2
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    first vidal sasson, now this?


  • #3
    NegativeCreep
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    oh no, not Norman! :(


  • #4
    Ihatecuddles-old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,785 ✭✭✭Ihatecuddles-old


    Hair we go with the jokes!


  • #5
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭frag420


    I was a huge fan of his range of spices!!


  • #6
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    A competent general but he negotiated terms with Hussein? Not someone I'd mourn over really. Does anyone know this guy? Is there really going to be more death threads on AH tonight? Still no thread for the Thunderbirds guy?!


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  • #7
    1ZRed
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    I'll always remember him for his great, shiny hair


  • #8
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    In the picture in the link he looks like he just realized he left the oven on at home.


  • #9
    Ihatecuddles-old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,785 ✭✭✭Ihatecuddles-old


    Shryke wrote: »
    In the picture in the link he looks like he just realized he left the immersion on at home.

    ;)


  • #10
    senorwipesalot
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    Twas the black heads that got him in the end.


  • #11
    Lapin
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    RIP Norman.

    Without you there would be fúckall petrol for our gas guzzlers and oil our central heating.

    I hope the Pope declares you the Patron Saint of Kuwait someday.

    No doubt the Royal Family there will raise a glass of Jonnie Walker Black Label to you.


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  • #12
    squod
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    I heard he dyed suddenly.


  • #13
    mikom
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    May the Schwarz be with him.


  • #14
    Guy:Incognito
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    Shryke wrote: »
    Still no thread for the Thunderbirds guy?!

    Was the one from the day he actually died not enough?


  • #15
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Was the one from the day he actually died not enough?

    The one I didn't see? Obviously not.


  • #16
    senorwipesalot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭senorwipesalot


    For a fella in ICU Bush senior has alot to say.:confused:


  • #17
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,008 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Mr. Schwarzkopf,

    We would like to thank you for bringing back freedom to our country.

    Just glad the Western media didn't bother to mention that we were stealing Iraqi oil which meant the Septics suddenly turned on their old chemical weapons dropping buddy, or that when you liberated our lovely country that we ethnically cleansed 250,000 Palestinians.

    Yours etc,

    The Kuwaiti dictators royal family.


  • #18
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Was the one from the day he actually died not enough?

    Only if he's still dead.


  • #19
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Lapin wrote: »
    Only if he's still dead.

    Captain Scarlet! Indestructible!


  • #20
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    Mourning Norman Schwartzkopf. His surname means blackhead, but I'm not going to try and squeeze any humour out of that. It's like the end of an era really, the old guard is dying out.


  • #21
    padd b1975
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    Shryke wrote: »
    The one I didn't see? Obviously not.
    There is one on the television forum too.


    RIP Norm.


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  • #22
    WindSock
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    Would marry for name.


  • #23
    Capt'n Midnight
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    WindSock wrote: »
    Would marry for name.
    Plan B
    Deed poll


  • #24
    Rented Mule
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    The man did for more for CNN (and future video game programmers) than anyone else in history.


  • #25
    Falthyron
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    Shryke wrote: »
    A competent general but he negotiated terms with Hussein? Not someone I'd mourn over really. Does anyone know this guy? Is there really going to be more death threads on AH tonight? Still no thread for the Thunderbirds guy?!

    He didn't want to negotiate terms. In fact, once Kuwait had been cleared, he wanted to push on for Baghdad (believing that to be the Operational objective), but it was George Bush Sr. who told him to end all hostilities; arguing the military objective to liberate Kuwait had been achieved, and to remove Hussein was not the plan.


  • #26
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    Falthyron wrote: »
    He didn't want to negotiate terms. In fact, once Kuwait had been cleared, he wanted to push on for Baghdad (believing that to be the Operational objective), but it was George Bush Sr. who told him to end all hostilities; arguing the military objective to liberate Kuwait had been achieved, and to remove Hussein was not the plan.

    Bearing in mind that he was a leader of a coalition army , that had a mandate to evict Kuwait not regime change in Iraq


  • #27
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Pottler wrote: »
    Mourning Norman Schwartzkopf.

    His Christian name was H.

    H.Norman Schwarzkopf.

    His father's name was Herbert Norman Schwarzkopt, he wanted to call his first born after him but hated the name Herbert so just gave his son his initial.

    His father led the investigation into the Lindberg baby kidnapping.

    He was a great officer, a soldiers soldier. He despised Colon Powell and avoided what could have been a very promising political career (most likely he'd have become president of the USA) in retirement.

    May he Rest in Peace.


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