This sounds like a really good guy to have on our side.

Platapus · 04-20-11, 05:36 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...P8D_story.html

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No U.S. general has spent more time in Afghanistan than Lt. Gen. David M. Rodriguez.

The article is too long to copy past here, but please take a moment to read the article. This is the type of leader we need in the military.

Man has done his job so well, few outside the military even knew who he was.

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In meetings with his staff, he listens more than he lectures...

That's what a leader does.

Fish In The Water · 04-20-11, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

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In meetings with his staff, he listens more than he lectures...

That's what a leader does.

Agreed, that's what a good leader does...

Reminds me of a quote I read once to the effect that 'I never learned anything when my mouth was open.'

Good listening skills are difficult to come by and generally under appreciated. Great to see someone in a position of high authority has discovered their worth.

Ducimus · 04-20-11, 06:36 PM

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The decision to bypass Rodriguez for the top job reflects a determination among senior Pentagon officials that the war needs a commander who can make the case for the increasingly unpopular conflict to Congress, the news media and skeptics in the White House.

Sounds like he didn't play the game enough, or pissed someone off somehow. Generals are closer to politicians then any other rank.

There are three types of people in the military:
1.) Those who know their job REALLY well, but doesn't play the game for crap.
2.) Those who know how to play the game REALLY well, but not their job from a hole in the ground.
3.) The rare type that both knows their job and plays the game well.

I think most people fall into the first two types. The third type i list there is not very common.

TLAM Strike · 04-20-11, 09:09 PM

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3.) The rare type that both knows their job and plays the game well.

I think most people fall into the first two types. The third type i list there is not very common.

One became our president.

Sadly there were few like him.