Posted by
GunnyG on Thursday, July 03, 2008 7:47:34 AM
The Gunny is NO McShamnesty fan by a d*mn sight but the fact that McVain's service should never be denigrated, especially by what is known as a “perfumed prince," is the issue here. Before we dissect Weasely Clark’s service, let’s examine the meaning of what a perfumed prince is.
A perfumed prince is the guy those of us who have served on the tip of the spear have seen strutting like a peacock among crows. He has the spit-shined boots out in the field while the beetle-crusher's boots are wore white in spots and haven’t seen a bit of polish since Christ stood on the yellow footprints at Parris Island! Indeed, this guy NEVER seems to pay his dues or ante up when the going gets tough simply because he's never THERE! They seem to vanish from their MOS (job description) like a f*rt in a hurricane, ending up in places like the tool room or the safety office, where they can do no harm to the shakers and movers out on the line. The perfumed prince is a theorist. He is an idealist who reads the manual and then tries to apply it to every situation under the sun, never understanding that the main core of leadership is chewing the same dirt as those you lead and suffering along with the troops. Doing things like, being the last in your platoon to eat, last to bed because you’re checking on them, or spending your free time scrounging things to make their life in the field easier. But Weasley Clark is not a leader and never was, except in name only. For example, Chesty Puller’s Marines would have followed him to the gates of H*ll armed with nothing more than a cup of warm spit and Patton’s men would have done the same. Guys like Pappy Boyington, Manila John Basilone, Audie Murphy, and Captain Samuel Dealey led from the front while four-star clowns like Weasely Clark lead from their hotel room and issue their orders from their offices through staff pogues. He's the nitpicker that will walk past a piece of trash on the ground to tell an enlisted man to go back and pick it upo and throw it away!
Now that we know what a perfumed prince is, let’s examine the 33 years of service that Weasely Clark enjoyed. In 33 years in the Army, his troop leading time is 7.5 years with about 30 days in a combat billet. A little math is in order here. Not counting leap years, the Perfumed Prince spent a total of 12045 days in the Army. Out of that, he spent 2735 days leading troops which is 22% or so. If one starts whittling away with weekends, leave, holidays, school time, etc, the total is more likely about 10-15%. His combat time is about .002%. Thus the Perfumed Prince is also a ticket puncher. This is the guy who stays just long enough to check the right blocks on his fitness report and then he splits out of that unit faster than Bill Clinton hopping beds at an White House intern convention. By-the-way, Weasely Clark’s time with the troops covers from the platoon level to the division level which, when one considers it in context, is laughable. The other 80% or so was spent as a staff pogue, carrying someone’s water as an aide, a student at some school the Army paid for, or conforming a chair in some HQ to fit his a**. Weasely Clark wouldn’t know how to lead a platoon of thirsty Marines to free beer.
To a guy like Weasely Clark, the main focus of effort is ALWAYS a dog and pony show (“show over go") and playing the “Cover You’re A**” game with smoke and mirrors. He is the politically correct player who is so out of touch with their troops that they can’t figure out that men WANT TO BE LED not managed. Weasely Clark is all show and no-go as we say in the Corps.
The Perfumed Prince so botched the Kosovo Conflict that he was fired by the draft dodger-in-chief. Think back to when Weasely Clark was fired by the Lair-in-Thief. The Perfumed Prince was there for three years…barely, while past NATO commanders all enjoyed a tour ranging from four-five years. Naturally, the Pentagon under The Impeached One put a spin on it since many of THEM were busy kissing the a**es of Billary while allowing the troops to be sh*t on through vicious budget cuts. The Pentagon bleated that Weasely Clark’s tour was “shortened." That’s managerial-speak for: “you got sh*tcanned.”
Why?
1. Weasely Clark ordered NATO forces to block Russia's end run at the Kosovo air base.
2. Weasely Clark threatened to use NATO sea power stop Russian ships from supplying the Serb army with oil.
3. Weasely Clark and his junior Perfumed Princes all crowed about how NATO was crushing the Serbian Army when in reality, NATO, led by The Perfumed Prince, barely managed to scratch the surface but was tough on ancient bridges and the Chinese Embassy.
4. Weasely Clark almost caused a war with Russia over orders #1 and #2.
5. Weasley Clark’s $120,000 US Army paid-for Mercedes, complete with a classified SATCOM system, was driven by his wife as a personal vehicle and was carjacked when she drove to the golf course. (Compare this to Patton driving around in a jeep or a halftrack with his armored columns in WW2.)
6. Weasely Clark turned a minor effort in Serbia, a place where we should NEVER have gone to but for The Impeached One’s need to “wag-the-dog” into a major theater of operations and almost into the start of WW III. Remember, WW I started in this region so maybe Weasely Clark was trying to get into the history books in another way.
Also, those who knew him have stated that he was like a little boy who DEMANDED more and more assets and then failed to utilize them (grounded Apaches lest someone have an accident) heedless of our global stance. Small wonder this clown is running as a Dummycrat. Weasely Clark is what we call in the Corps a “slicky-boy.” That is, a guy who does the job "slick and quick" covering the holes in the sheetrock with a little spackle and paint, just hoping that it holds until he develops the right connections and gets the right punches on his ticket and leave before it falls apart.
So, Weasely Clark goes to Vietnam in 1969 and gets on a staff as an operations officer, getting a Bronze Star (NO “V” device) and his brief time in the field ends up with him getting shot by a VC and getting the Silver Star for it. No more combat for Weasely Clark, it’s on to bigger and better things after a hospital stay. Well, at least he was wounded a little more seriously than Hanoi John Fonda Kerry’s shrapnel splinter in the fourth layer of skin.
McShamnesty however, flew 23 bombing missions in an A-4 Skyhawk, not exactly the stealth fighters of today, “going downtown” to bomb commies. Again, the Gunny has issues with McVanity but when it comes to his military career, being shot at by an entire city as you fly overhead, well, McShamnesty rates respect. The guy was wounded, beaten with a rifle butt, bayoneted by a commie pig, and severely tortured over a long stretch of time. His decorations include: (Silver Star Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Prisoner of War Medal, to name a few.)
So, in reality, when it comes down to where the rubber meets the road, The Perfumed Prince would better serve America by drinking a steaming cup of STFU and going back under whatever rock this non-hacking steaming pile of horse dung crawled out from. Weasely Clark must be mighty insecure of his own abilities since he has had to condemn the service of Hanoi John Kerry (rightly) and McShamnesty, in order to make himself feel better? If getting shot down isn’t enough for a C-in-C position, is getting shot after about 30 days in the field and then adios Vietnam any better? In any event, he’s just another whiny libworm who would better serve America by going into reclusion and enjoying his retirement far from the public eye. But as a Perfumed Prince, who enjoys having the sycophants around him (the DNC), we can expect to have this hemorrhoid around for awhile. One has to wonder if he and Jimmy Carter were long lost brothers since both have the innate ability to kiss a** like it was being outlawed the next day!