European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf left commander of . Forces confers in Riyadh with saudi arabian  bin Sultan commander of multinational forces in the Gulf  Speaks i m going to do everything i can to viciously destroy in As rapidly As possible1 pm new Day v his troops Call Gen. H. Norman a Schwarzkopf Quot the bear11 its a nickname the Burly 6-foot-3 commander of operation desert  to heart. Quot there Are All kinds of bears out there Quot he said at. Central come Headquarters. Quot i can Tell you that if we have to go to War the image i m going to portray to Saddam Hussein and the enemy is that of the grizzly Bear. Quot i am going to do. Everything i can to viciously destroy them  As possible. But the reason i m going to do that is that in also a Teddy Bear and i love my so idlers and airmen and marines and i done to want to see them. Killed.�?�. A in a wide ranging two hour interview  four journalists dec. 16. Schwarzkopf said that in some. Scenarios being pondered by his military strategists a. War with Iraq could last for months and result in heavy Quot a a casualties. But he holds out Hope or a political Resolution noting that it is always Quot governments that declare the Start of wars and governments that declare the end of  a he wavered on the question of whether the world is closer to War now that Hopes have dimmed for direct talks Between Iraq and . Officials Quot i get up some mornings a feeling very optimistic and go to bed sometimes feeling a very . A. A Schwarzkopf 56, is an amiable but Bint talking former infantryman who Speaks French German and a a a. Smattering of persian curses Learned in childhood when his father ran the Shah of Iran s police from 1942 to 1.948. A hard taskmaster with a soft spot for the Young troop sin the Field he unwinds at night by listening to soothing. Tapes of  a Lake rumbling thunderstorms geese. On the Wing and other nature sounds that Comfort the inveterate outdoors Man. A a a. His heroes Are military men who fought their Battles with a combination of valor and wrenching regret like civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman a Man Schwarzkopf described As someone Quot who truly understood the horror. Of War but when required to execute a War did so and hated every  the deployment of an additional 200,000 . Troops to buttress the 220,000-member multinational Force already under his. Command is proceeding on schedule Schwarzkopf said. He said he Quot darn sure Quot wants to to. Ready by Jan. 15, the. United nations set deadline for an iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait. A a a a a a. A. But the general also cautioned that All of the new. Combat and support units wont be in place in the persian. Gulf and saudi Arabia until january. And they May not be i love my soldiers and airmen and marines and i done to want to see them killed. A Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf fully ready for some time a Quot it s not a buildup ust of Ivr uha Power but also a buildup of combat sender support units and the Logis hcs base to support that kind of operation Uio said. Quot you want to make sum you have the necessary supplies and Stock ago on hand and the  transport it wherever it needs to be to ius Tod be foie you launch an operation like that Quot a a. Despite the widely held ass imply Inch that. The Allied forces must act hoforo.1ho.ond off Ebury to avoid a sandstorms Anil then the blinding heat of Spring and summer Schwarzkopf declined to owe a specie Date for when the 420.000-Stiong Allied Force would be at optimum combat read mess. A a Quot i be got to wait and Sec How tins comes in. How quickly a and effectively we can get it deployed where we need it. Get it pie posit one Whoie we need it the status of lire combat forces once they come in How much time they a need to acclimate and so on Quot he said a so obviously i Carol give an answer Date certain when i m going to be ready arid i. Certainly Don t want to give Saddam. Hussein a Date  the threat of sandstorms is Quot overplayed Quot Schwarzkopf added and would jeopardize iraqi forces As Well As americans. Moreover a summer War would be fought a a mostly in the relative Cool of the night when Superior technology would give . Troops an Edge. A a Schwarzkopf a decorated Vietnam battalion. A commander who was Deputy commander of the Grenada invasion May find him sell running a War Tinl wiil be like no a other in american history. If would be a fierce War Thal. Relies on new technology representing Quot a quantum jump above what was used in the wars of the past Quot he said a he added that the multinational forces have More Ait Power better equipment and higher morale  a troops who have the advantage of numbers but mediocre to poor Quot equipment. A. A some of the Allied Arab and other moslem forces however done to have modern equipment or support units. Quot some will be Able to contribute a great Deal More to a military Effort than others based upon their size their equipment and their training and capabilities Quot he said Quot but there s an old saying that i love St s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog. And there a some folks out  May not be very big but there s a lot of heart to them. Quot. \ the general said to could t venture a prediction on How Many casualties would be caused by a War to Liberal Kuwait. Quot a Quot that is so totally scenario dependent you could hypothesize a situation where on the first Day of the War it is so shocking to one Side or the other that they immediately decide to Stop. Quot a. A for you could hypothesize a situation where it would be a very Long drawn out thing a stalemate situation where you continue to take casualties Lor Days and Days and months and months and years and  he added a and there s a whole spectrum of alternatives in Between  a a a a. A a a a ,. The unofficial biography prepared by his staff pointedly mentions that Schwarzkopf in is  170 but he May be the Only general in . History to be. Remembered by his boots. He is the proud designer of the army a new 1990s a desert Boot which he has been wearing for a few weeks. To test How it and his feet hold up under real life Field. A. Conditions. A. Quot a. A Quot. A. A a a for two years he said he argued doggedly that army. Issue desert boots were inappropriate. They re Black so a they act As Small ovens for soldiers feet. They were \ designed with Southeast Asia in  have holes on the Side that let Sand in instead of allowing water to run a out the Schwarzkopf Boot is a  s Bool like the a. General is a Field Soldier . A  what i am  infantryman who Lor 35 years had his feet abused by boots and i think it s about Lime to get a. A decent Boot for the troops Quot a a a. A a a a Schwarzkopf would like the pubic to believe that their. Leaders today Are not Arch right Wing military. Conservatives with Crew cuts and Jack boots. But Are Quot concerned human beings who genuinely  about each and every individual Man and woman who serves under their command. A a a. A Quot i Hope that we not just me but  the Leader s. Involved in this Campaign a show the american people we Are not warmongers Quot. A tuesday wednesday december 25/26,1990 the stars and stripes i Page 13