Word: warriorism
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...four-star general, trusts the military implicitly; Rumsfeld above all wants to teach it a few lessons. Each man enjoys rock-star status. Each came to his current post in a roundabout way. Rumsfeld, who once served as Richard Nixon's NATO ambassador, has become at 70 the civilian warrior. Powell, a lifetime soldier, is at 66 the country's top diplomat. In other words, each man considers himself an expert in his own field--and the other guy's as well...
Into the Fire with Warrior McCoy KUT SIMON ROBINSON...
...empty. But McCoy's aggressiveness is classic Marine, and the men like it. "He's the first one into battle and the last one out," says a Marine. "He's not like other battalion commanders sitting in their humvees at the back." And McCoy clearly revels in being a warrior. "I'm in my happy place," he says...
...past 24 hours, the frontline British checkpoint has advanced to about a mile inside Basra's southern border. Standing behind several Challenger II tanks and a Warrior APC are Captain James Moulton and soldiers of his company of Irish Guards. They check those coming down the road for weapons and then hand them leaflets promising that this time, the coalition forces will stay as long as it takes--and asking for assistance in pinpointing the enemy. "Now they are getting more used to us Brits being around," says Moulton. "A lot more people are offering information about the situation inside...
...forces men were killed in an ambush, three Afghan soldiers had their throats slit at a lonely checkpoint, and a close ally of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was gunned down in southern Afghanistan. A former top Taliban chief, Mullah Dadullah, told the BBC in a phone interview that the warrior clerics were coming out of hiding to renew their war against Karzai and the U.S.-led coalition backing him. Dadullah claimed they are taking orders directly from Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Taliban leader who has been in hiding since his regime fell in December...