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Undertoad · 10-21-2008, 08:20 AM

Karpinski?? Nobody wants that endorsement.

Here is a list of Obama's military supporters but it sure looks like they didn't do anything meaningful either, only one of them is on your list:

John Adams, Brigadier General US Army (Ret), Former Deputy US Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee [243]
Clifford Alexander, Jr., former Secretary of the Army [189]
Susan Ahn Cuddy, first female gunner officer in the U.S. Navy and daughter of Korean Independence fighter Ahn Chang-ho [244]
Wesley Clark, former General, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, 2004 presidential candidate[57]
Tom Daniels, Texas Air National Guard[189]
Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy [189]
Larry Gillespie, Brigadier General (Ret), Assistant Deputy Commanding General, (ARNG) Army Material Command[245]
Scott Gration Major General (USAF-Ret), former Director of Strategy, Policy, and Assessments of the United States European Command in Germany[245]
Donald Joseph Guter, former Judge Advocate General of the Navy, current Dean, Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh[189][245]
Richard D. Hearney, former Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps [189]
John Hutson, former Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy [246]
Jeh Johnson, former General Counsel of the U.S. Air Force[189]
Lester Lyles, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force [189]
David 'Dave' McGinnis, Brigadier General (Ret), former Chief of Staff of the National Guard Association of the U.S.[245]
Merrill A. McPeak, four star General (Ret), former Secretary of the United States Air Force during Operation Desert Storm, [245][247][248]
John B. Nathman (Ret), former Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Vice Chief of Naval Operations [189][245]
F. Whitten Peters, former Secretary of the Air Force [189]
Hugh Robinson, Major General (Ret), Commander of the Southwestern Division[245]
James Smith, Brigadier General (USAF-Ret), former Commander, Joint Warfighting Center, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Joint Training Analysis and Simulation Center[189][245]
Robert 'Willie' Williamson Rear Admiral (USN-Ret), served as military Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition and Director, Office of Program Appraisal.
Ralph Wooten Major General (Ret), former Commanding General of the Army’s Chemical Arsenal, currently the Executive Vice President of Management Systems, Inc.[245]

10-21-2008, 08:20 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Karpinski?? Nobody wants that endorsement. Here is a list of Obama's military supporters but it sure looks like they didn't do anything meaningful either, only one of them is on your list: John Adams, Brigadier General US Army (Ret), Former Deputy US Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee [243] Clifford Alexander, Jr., former Secretary of the Army [189] Susan Ahn Cuddy, first female gunner officer in the U.S. Navy and daughter of Korean Independence fighter Ahn Chang-ho [244] Wesley Clark, former General, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, 2004 presidential candidate[57] Tom Daniels, Texas Air National Guard[189] Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy [189] Larry Gillespie, Brigadier General (Ret), Assistant Deputy Commanding General, (ARNG) Army Material Command[245] Scott Gration Major General (USAF-Ret), former Director of Strategy, Policy, and Assessments of the United States European Command in Germany[245] Donald Joseph Guter, former Judge Advocate General of the Navy, current Dean, Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh[189][245] Richard D. Hearney, former Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps [189] John Hutson, former Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy [246] Jeh Johnson, former General Counsel of the U.S. Air Force[189] Lester Lyles, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force [189] David 'Dave' McGinnis, Brigadier General (Ret), former Chief of Staff of the National Guard Association of the U.S.[245] Merrill A. McPeak, four star General (Ret), former Secretary of the United States Air Force during Operation Desert Storm, [245][247][248] John B. Nathman (Ret), former Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Vice Chief of Naval Operations [189][245] F. Whitten Peters, former Secretary of the Air Force [189] Hugh Robinson, Major General (Ret), Commander of the Southwestern Division[245] James Smith, Brigadier General (USAF-Ret), former Commander, Joint Warfighting Center, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Joint Training Analysis and Simulation Center[189][245] Robert 'Willie' Williamson Rear Admiral (USN-Ret), served as military Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition and Director, Office of Program Appraisal. Ralph Wooten Major General (Ret), former Commanding General of the Army’s Chemical Arsenal, currently the Executive Vice President of Management Systems, Inc.[245]