A decision made in 1991 by this guy
who is now campaigning (left in the picture) for
Anyone else think it's a coincidence?
A decision made in 1991 by this guy
who is now campaigning (left in the picture) for
Anyone else think it's a coincidence?
Thanks,...didn’t know that.
second pic is a little white box with a red “x” in it.
GENERAL MERRILL A. MCPEAK Retired Nov. 1, 1994.
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He is a command pilot, having flown more than 6,000 hours, principally in fighter aircraft. He flew two years as a solo pilot for the elite aerial demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, and flew as an attack pilot and high-speed forward air controller in Vietnam.
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Published 3/24/2008 12:07:43 AM
Last week, Barack Obama's military adviser and national campaign co-chairman Merrill "Tony" McPeak accused former President Bill Clinton of "using divisive tactics and unfairly trying to question Barack Obama's patriotism." McPeak, a former chief of staff of the Air Force, previously supported Howard Dean and then John Kerry. He has campaigned for Obama and cut commercials claiming that Obama has the "right stuff" to be Commander in Chief. His job is to burnish Obama's image as a guy tough enough to be President. So who better to go after Bill Clinton and get the Obama campaign back on offense?
In off-the-cuff remarks to reporters Friday he even compared the former president's comments with the actions of Joseph McCarthy, the 1950s communist-hunting senator.
"I grew up, I was going to college when Joe McCarthy was accusing good Americans of being traitors, so I've had enough of it," McPeak said. And last month McPeak had to retract his statement that as president, Obama would not be reduced to "crying fits" like Mrs. Clinton
Well, it is likely that Obama will soon be having to retract Merrill McPeak. McPeak, who was arrested last year for driving under the influence, apparently has a problem controlling more than his thirst for fermented beverages. He also has a penchant for bashing Israel or, more particularly, Jews who oppose negotiating with terrorists.
McPeak has a long history of criticizing Israel for not going back to the 1967 borders as part of any peace agreement with Arab states. In 1976 McPeak wrote an article for Foreign Affairs magazine questioning Israel's insistence on holding on to the Golan Heights and parts of the West Bank.
In recent years McPeak has echoed the Mearsheimer-Walt view that American Middle East policy is being controlled by Jews at the expense of America's interests in the region. In a 2003 interview with the Oregonian, McPeak complained of that the "lack of playbook for getting Israelis and Palestinians together at...something other than a peace process....We need to get it fixed and only we have the authority with both sides to move them towards that. Everybody knows that."
Yeah, and he also changed to uniform to something that looks like absolute crap.
This old sarge says its about time, glad the SecDef kicked a** and took a few names.
podium sign says “Judgment to Lead”
Doesn’t seem like McPeak OR Obama meet the standard.
Nope. It's just what I thought of.
Mc Peak was Vermin when I was in and still is
I was a Staff Sergeant crew chief during the McPeak years. Granted, the favorite sport of crew chiefs, pointy heads, spark chasers, metal peckers and other flight line creatures is “speed b*tch*ng” but even down at our level we knew something was grossly wrong.
For long time Air Force members, Obama’s descision to have McPeak serve on his campgain is even more troubling than any “whitey” video tape or race baiting preachers. Has Obama ever actaully assocated with any decent person?
Must be bucking for Sec-Def.
Tony “The Putz” McPeak ruined the Air Force.