Word: warriorism
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...What does the great man himself think about all this? From his home in Erskine outside Glasgow, where Smeaton, 31, lives with his parents, the man known as Scotland's new braveheart had turned from warrior to philosopher. He told TIME: "I find the whole thing quite strange, the way people have responded and the stuff on all the websites. I'm just going to ride with it, that...
...train the new Iraqi army in 2004 can only be considered a failure. He has successfully led soldiers in combat. And he does have his macho moments, famously challenging his soldiers to push-up contests. But he made his reputation more as a communicator and motivator than as a warrior. "He is very much a seize-the-moment sort of general," says Lieut. General Graeme Lamb, the senior British military commander in Iraq, who served with Petraeus' predecessor, General George Casey. Lamb describes Casey as "more stoic," which is British for "less dynamic...
...that Massoud could be tempted by a broadcast opportunity required only a basic knowledge of his strategy. Like any military man hoping to transform his battlefield exploits into popular leadership, Massoud had to make his case publicly. This is the time-honored creation of the cult of the noble warrior. Julius Caesar, after all, took time out of his conquests to write his self-aggrandizing memoirs - in the third person...
...have only a few seconds to sprint away before a guided Israeli missile comes flaming in. Islamic Jihad admits to losing over 70 men this way last year. And yet they persist. In Gaza, there is no shortage of young men who are mesmerized by the idea of a warrior's death...
...respected--if left-leaning--voice on the committee. Dick Cheney, who as Defense Secretary worked with Dellums, called him a "straight shooter" who was worthy of trust. The same issues popped up when Dellums later won a seat on the Intelligence Committee. That time it was right-wing warrior Newt Gingrich, who was in Congress at the same time, pointing out that Dellums had been handling secrets for years on the Armed Services Committee...