(2003-04-13) — U.S. Gen. Tommy Franks said today that he can’t wait to retire so he’ll have a better understanding of what’s going on with U.S. military operations.
“Retired generals have better operational information than I do,” said Gen. Franks. “When I give a news conference now, everything I say is doubted by the reporters. But when I’m retired, the big news media will hire me to talk about what’s really going on in the theater of operations. I’m just not in the loop right now.”
Gen. Franks said he often calls retired generals to gather intelligence about the movements of U.S. forces, and predictions about what will happen next.
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Gen. Tommy Franks Can’t Wait to Retire
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1 The Inscrutable American // Apr 13, 2003 at 9:40 am
Franks want to retire
Gen. Tommy Franks wants to retire, or so, Scott Ott tells me….
2 BagelBlog // Apr 14, 2003 at 1:43 pm
Tommy Franks can’t wait to retire
This is hilarious….
3 The Command Post Op-Ed Page // Apr 15, 2003 at 3:22 am
Questions, questions
Scott Ott has the last word on the studio generals. Once you’re done laughing, I have a couple of questions:Who was the best “studio general?” (doesn’t have to be an actual general) Who was the worst “studio general?” Who was…