To be fair to the old boy I would have to say that John Bell Hood was an excellent brigade commander. When ordered to make a suicidal attack, such as the one ordered by Lee at Gettysburg, upon Little Round Top, Hood carried it out to the letter. He was a vicious warrior. These same qualities that made him a great brigadier made him a lousy army general. Great leaders in war tend to be tinkerers, thinkers, and methodical calculators.
For instanced Patton may, at first glance, appear to be like Hood. Though Patton possessed the audacity of Hood, he also possessed the military creativity of Stonewall Jackson and William Sherman. Pattons brilliance led to ARCENT. His ability, unlike Bush, Rumsfeld, or Hood, to take a desperate situation and creatively unify, tactical close air support, airial recon, mechanized infantry, and the average foot soldier, gave him complete control of the battlefield he was on.
Today we have other challenges in the world. We need leadership that is far more creative than what we currently have. World politics requires enormous care, tinkering, brain power and the desire to preserve mankind. Clearly we are lacking that at the current time. We are being led by people who consider themselve conservative Republicans instead of Americans. Their blind adherence to a failed policy, coupled with lies, misinformation, and the resultant deaths, is a direct threat to the national security of the United States.
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