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Shalikashvili's willingness to commit U.S. forces to crises in remote countries rarely if ever seen on the list of "vital national interests" set him apart from his better-known predecessor, Gen. Colin Powell.


2 posted on 08/09/2004 11:56:55 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... "Shovin' it .. annNND Loving it since 1996! ....... FRee Republic)
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an activist general.. ?


5 posted on 08/09/2004 11:57:30 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... "Shovin' it .. annNND Loving it since 1996! ....... FRee Republic)
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To: NormsRevenge
He came to the United States in 1952 from his native Poland when he was 16.

I thought he was Estonian, although a Georgian swore he was Georgian. (No, not like Scarlet, like in SSR.)

7 posted on 08/09/2004 12:05:17 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Take Luca Brazzi, make him an offer he can't refuse.)
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