European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                , like Campaign ribbons for All to see. An Earnest let Ter from a Soldier s Mother could move him to tears. Among troops in the Field he was warm even Gregar ious he seemed to like the idea of my soldiers As much As the creatures themselves. But with his Staffin Riyadh he remained aloof occasionally sharing an article from sports illustrated or his stack of Hunting magazines but More commonly keeping his distance. Though personally fearless three Silver Star from Vietnam bore testament the Prospect of. Sending men to their deaths seemed almost to unhinged him. He often slept badly padding about in his running suit and fretting Over a thou Sand conjured Calami. Ties. Knowing that doubt spreads through an army like cholera he kept his qualms admirably concealed. Publicly he remained robustly conf. J Dent perhaps some of Peter de la Bill Ere his general speculated anxiety and insecurity required him constantly to As Sert his Dominion. Those who had known him Long est thought his ego had swelled with each additional Star on his shoulder to the Point that once without blushing he likened himself to Abraham Lincoln with nobody to turn to but  of his temper theories abounded that he was tormented by chronic Back pain from an old parachuting injury that the stress of command could be relieved Only by periodic tirades that he was still haunted by the horrors of Vietnam. In his Memoir Schwarzkopf would paint an affecting self portrait of a nomadic child with an alcoholic Mother and a unstable Home. In one revealing episode he de scribed sommeling a Canvas punching bag with bar Knuckles until both fists bled imagining the bloody  was not unaware of his shortcomings including the temper which he once described As without question my major weakness As a  at 6 feet 4 and 250 pounds Schwarzkopf knew that he intimidated those of lesser stature. Whenever he assumed a new command he advised his subordinates i never get mad at you personally. I Wear my heart squarely on my sleeve. When i like something you la know it. And when i Don t like it you la know it. Idon t get mad at people i get mad at principles at things that Don t  those who worked closest with him however including Waller thought the rages immature and dysfunctional. Like the French Field marshal Joseph . Joffre i world War i he appeared to want general who were Lions in action and dogs in  de la Billie re suspected that some of the inc storms were Laid on to keep people sharpened up if so the British commander concluded Schwarzkop overplayed his hand and Khalid bin Sultan badly inhibited the free thinking of his  Wal Ler worried that he was creating a band of yes men several times the cinc urged him to be More Gra Cious and to encourage debate. You re right Schwarzkopf would concede Only to explode anew at some infraction and plunge the staff once again into its stunned Mullet  times certainly the staff gave him cause for anger. Tim Sulivan a British brigadier and the Only non american officer permitted a seat in the War room he wore . Fatigues to avoid offending excluded Allie considered Many a Tantrum to be justified. Vice adm. Stanley Arthur the Navy s senior commander thought the Cen com staff mediocre and indecisive. In a curious Way Schwarzkopf s tem per also helped quell interservice squabbles by unify ing natural rivals beneath a common , he prudently spared the allies his Wrath. Here he showed himself most competent at . Soldiers of the 2nd so 4th car regt move out on Maneu vers while preparing for the feb. 24 invasion. That for which he was presumed least prepared by training and Constitution the Muster and Mastery of a huge coalition drawn from three dozen nations. In unveiling the attack plan for the first time to his saudi counterpart it. Gen. Khalid bin Sultan he was said to have presented the scheme so nimbly that Khalid left the session believing it was his own idea. Privately Schwarzkopf despised Khalid As. A pompous arrogant Dabbler a  yet he sat wit the saudi general for endless hours drinking Coffee and passively listening As Khalid spun his grand theories of combat. Sir Bob Johnston told his commander in chief you must have the patience  with the French the syrians the kuwaitis and other High Strung allies he showed a gift for bluster flattery cajole by. Toward the Pentagon he could be up genetic an supercilious exhibiting a Field commander s common wariness of higher Headquarters. Ill shoot the first son of a Bitch who sends a message in hard copy to Washington without me seeing it first he told the staff. At least one general in Riyadh began using. Code words when the Pentagon phoned As a warning that the cinc was eavesdropping in the War room. His contempt for others in Washington could Beeves sharper As displayed in his occasional gibes about the Cia and Brent scowcroft. The National Security  Schwarzkopf often sought counsel from Home particularly from Gen. Carl Vuono the army chief of staff whom he had known since they were West Point cadets in the mid-1950s. Vuono both Patron and close Friend also could play the dutch  asked to list terms that described Schwarzkopf Vuono ticked them off competent compassionate egotistical Loyal opinionated funny emotional sensitive to any slight. At times he can be an overbearing Bastard but not with  nor with the Man in Washington who mattered most Colin Powell whose Genius in managing the temperament of his Field commander was one of the War s Best kept secrets. Technically the chairman stood outside the Chain of command that extended from the president to the Secretary of defense to fighting cinch like Schwarzkopf in reality Powell served As the primary link Between Riyadh and the civilian leadership. Connected by a direct phone line that permitted them to Confer at the press of a but ton Powell and Schwarzkopf talked two to five times a Day. As a historian once wrote of Macarthur Schwarz Kopf was an essentially thespian general who required constant backstage  the chairman tried to give the cinc his head recognizing How herculean was the task of building a military operation from scratch,7,000 Miles from Home. Powell massaged his ego bolstered his spirits addressed his frustrations and occasionally absorbed his impertinence. How s the cinc doing he would ask Waller. His hair still on fire Powell s attitude Bob Johnston helped to reassure those in Washington who had doubts about the cinch fit Ness for command in Riyadh. Powell and Schwarz Kopf needed each other but the latter s need was greater. I Don t want to discuss it anymore the air Campaign that Lay at the heart of opera Tion desert storm had first taken form in Early a gust 1990, less than a week after Iraq s invasion of Kuwait. Schwarzkopf had asked the joint chiefs for help in designing a counterstrike in the event of War. The task fell to col. John a. 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