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p> McPEAK SPEAK br> Re: Robert M. Goldberg's McPeak on Display : /p>

Gen. McPeak, in addition to the qualities Mr. Goldberg describes, is also the retired flag officer most likely to repel Air Force veterans from Senator Obama's candidacy. I say this as a retired (reserve) sailor, but the zoomies I knew over a career of 27 years uniformly detested him.

p>This message contains a "punnish" allusion to one of the reasons they did. Maybe one of them will explain. br> -- Ed Girard /p> p> I wonder if anyone on the Obama campaign staff is aware of the contempt in which McPeak is held by a significant segment of Air Force veterans of the '80s and '90s. His term as Air Force Chief of Staff was a near disaster with the troops, morale-wise. He's a cold, humorless fish, unlike any other high-ranking officers whom I've ever observed. As a colonel we trained him (in my squadron) to fly the F-111A circa 1980, and I have personally seen him in action on a daily basis. His name is a joke with USAF vets of the previous two decades. Ask anyone. br> -- Phil Brandt br> Maj., USAF (Ret.)

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