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Post by Diane Merkel on Sept 6, 2006 15:20:34 GMT -6
This doesn't offer any profound insights about Custer, but I found it interesting. From an Army article, "Beware of Boldness" (emphasis added):
. . . only two, John J. Pershing and Douglas MacArthur, fit the dictionary definition of boldness. (More discussion of George Patton will come later.) And both ended their combat careers badly. . . .
In a television interview, defense analyst Andrew Krepinevich described the Army's transformation efforts focusing on lighter, more agile units, used in daring operations, as "Getting Custer to the Little Big Horn faster." There has been no military leader in American history bolder than George Armstrong Custer, and his fate emphasizes the common eventual cost of boldness. Arguing against this trait, which permeates current transformation doctrine, is not just an exercise in semantics. This is not a problem that the military can just redefine away. There are already accepted meanings of "boldness," and its emphasis encourages a mindset that accepts high risks for the potential of great gain. But this mindset too often neglects to consider the downside of such actions, and that eventually the odds catch up with daring commanders. And one wonders how our society, or military, would respond to a modern Little Big Horn.
Source: www.army.mil/professionalwriting/volumes/volume4/september_2006/9_06_2.html |
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Post by crzhrs on Sept 7, 2006 9:28:21 GMT -6
How would our society/military respond to a modern LBH?
Revenge; finger pointing; patriotic speeches; calling those who disagree with the policy unpatriotic & aiding the enemy; failed policy; innocent non-coms being killed; the wrong enemy; blaming the media . . . hmmm . . . that's just what's happening under the conditions taking place today . . .
Sorry . . . but there is a correlation when a controversal policy is in place. Back then Indian supporters/haters, pro/anti-military people, cost of fighting Indians, a different approach needed, help them/kill them, etc.
PS: I thought the topic said "Beware of Baldness" . . . I have to slow down when reading!
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Post by harpskiddie on Sept 7, 2006 10:25:25 GMT -6
Yeah, Horse, I thought it said Beware of Darkness, and thought my old friend Leon Russell was joining the board. It's too late for me to beware of baldness!!!!
Gordie
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Post by markland on Sept 7, 2006 10:35:59 GMT -6
Yeah, Horse, I thought it said Beware of Darkness, and thought my old friend Leon Russell was joining the board. It's too late for me to beware of baldness!!!! Gordie HK, I owe you one man! Just when I was wondering what to listen to, up you go with Leon...now whether to go to the Leon Live or when he played backup with Mad Dogs and Englishman. I think I will go Live  Billy |
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Post by harpskiddie on Sept 7, 2006 20:36:59 GMT -6
Enjoy.
Gordie
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Post by Diane Merkel on Sept 7, 2006 21:45:34 GMT -6
Nope. Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Nothing like it. I'm getting severe flashbacks . . . .
Billy, if you like music through your computer, try pandora.com. Free -- my favorite kind of site -- and lets you set up channels and select which songs you want on each channel. I had one for the Moody Blues and just set up two more: Leon and Cocker although Leon's on thin ice. Maybe a little Clapton . . . .
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Post by harpskiddie on Sept 8, 2006 9:52:21 GMT -6
So you both have Leon Russell, and I'll wager that you both have both albums [or CDs] - live in Detroit etc. with good old what'shisname 1971, and live in Long Beach, 1972. Now put up your hands 'cause here comes the good part [as someone once said]:
I'll bet you have never heard Live in Gordie's Garage, 1989!!!!
Gordie
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Post by Diane Merkel on Sept 8, 2006 11:06:29 GMT -6
Leon Russell Live in Gordie's Garage? Tell us more!
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Post by crzhrs on Sept 8, 2006 11:29:16 GMT -6
By the way . . . what ever happened to Leon?
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Post by harpskiddie on Sept 9, 2006 0:52:40 GMT -6
Diane/horse
Leon is still out there somewhere, last I heard, doing what he does so well - entertain people. I don't know if he is still into Country/Cajun or not. I don't think he sounds much different than he did in the good old days - certainly he couldn't sound any worse. I love the guy. He is unofficial uncle to my two children.
I used to be a musician in another life, and played with Leon and several other of my friends in the 60s and 70s, and a bit later sometimes, when I needed the money [mostly studio work]. Rick Nelson sang at my wedding in 1975. My then wife threw me a surprise party in 1989 for my big FIVE OH, which was held in my garage, which I had converted into a recreation room for the kids. Leon came a couple of thousand miles to rekindle our romance.
If you read my introduce yourself thingee, you will see that I have had a rather "checkered" past, using several different names; but as I pointed out, nothing nefarious was involved [except perhaps circumventing Union requirements from time to time]. I was going to say that you might have heard me play or sing harmonies, but if you know who Leon Russell is, you definitely have.
That being said: As Ethan Edwards once declared: "Don't ask me. Long as you live, don't ever ask me more!!!"
Enjoy
Gordie
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Post by Diane Merkel on Sept 9, 2006 1:13:33 GMT -6
It sounds as if you've had a great life, Gordie! I am always amazed by the diversity of people who share an interest in LBH.
I'll listen to my old Leon tunes with renewed interest now!
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Post by harpskiddie on Sept 9, 2006 8:12:56 GMT -6
Diane:
I don't know that I'd call it great, but it was certainly interesting at times. It gave me a great family, so I'm blessed that way. A lot of my old friends didn't make it this far, which I guess anyone my age can say, and a lot of them died young and did not leave a beautiful corpse, as the old saying goes.
Enjoy - Just don't turn up the volume on Girl From The North Country.
Gordie
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Post by Diane Merkel on Sept 10, 2006 22:35:05 GMT -6
. . . hmmmm . . . that's sounds like a clue.
Great song, so I'll have to listen again.
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Post by markland on Sept 11, 2006 14:45:26 GMT -6
Diane: I don't know that I'd call it great, but it was certainly interesting at times. It gave me a great family, so I'm blessed that way. A lot of my old friends didn't make it this far, which I guess anyone my age can say, and a lot of them died young and did not leave a beautiful corpse, as the old saying goes. Enjoy - Just don't turn up the volume on Girl From The North Country. Gordie You are talking about the live version from MD & Englishmen aren't you? At the end, that dude who sounds like he is getting his ingrown toenail stomped on singing with Joe & Leon? Be good, Billy |
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Post by harpskiddie on Sept 11, 2006 20:51:37 GMT -6
Better living through chemistry.
Gordie
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