Reply #75: He learned the word "scatology" from Gen. Schwarzkopf [View All]

[Moosepoop]

http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/USNewsWorldReport/2003/03/31/12487

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U.S.News & World Report

The Quiet Commander
By Richard J. Newman; Elaine M. Grossman | Mar 31 '03

Here's one thing the second gulf war lacks: a Stormin' Norman. During Operation Desert Storm 12 years ago, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf stole the show, captivating Americans with colorful phrases like "bovine scatology" (the response to a question about a battlefield rumor). By comparison, the generals running Operation Iraqi Freedom seem more like an anonymous supporting cast. Gen. Tommy Franks, who's running the war, is famously uncomfortable in the spotlight. His subordinate commanders follow his lead and stay in the shadows.