[farmer18th]

Just pointing out the obvious. People like Honore are on the ground getting things accomplished, while armchair generals like yourself

...then why are you opining at all yourself? If credentials are the only thing that matters, why don't we just shut down freerepublic and leave it to certified retired generals? If credentials matter, your endorsement of him doesn't matter a jot. If credentials teach you to send soldiers into a known sniper zone with slung rifles, then credentials are the enemy.

This is America, remember? Generals take their orders from civilians. I'm a Stanford educated small business owner and that means I could probably do that job better than a civil servant for life. Got that?

[NittanyLion]

then why are you opining at all yourself?...If credentials matter, your endorsement of him doesn't matter a jot.

Agreed - my opinion doesn't matter a whit. Neither does yours.

If credentials teach you to send soldiers into a known sniper zone with slung rifles, then credentials are the enemy.

Says you. I'll trust the man on the scene to make those decisions over armchair generals, thanks very much.

This is America, remember? Generals take their orders from civilians. I'm a Stanford educated small business owner and that means I could probably do that job better than a civil servant for life. Got that?

I would've expected someone at Stanford to teach you that most decisions are best made at the local level, by those with the most information at hand. Guess you missed that day of class, eh?

[Godzilla]

Generals take their orders from civilians. I'm a Stanford educated small business owner and that means I could probably do that job better than a civil servant for life. Got that?

Well as a civilian you apparently don't have a clue about the military. Thankfully you are not giving the orders because you don't know squat. Actions speak loud. Within 24 hours of being given the order to move in, troops under Honore's leadership had shut down the looting and general anarchy in NO and started facilitating the largest military evacuation of civilians ever.

Secondly, if you are inferring that Honore is a "civil servant for life" then you'd better be thanking your sweet little small business rear end that there are compent people like him protecting you. When it comes to commanding and leading soldiers, your little paper from Stanford amounts to nothing.