Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Sunday, October 14, 2007 12:17:03 PM
"The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise -- with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disentrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country." - Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln - President and Commander-in-Chief
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Seven Properties of the Commander-in-Chief
by Ben Imas
There are seven most important properties President of the United States must have at a time of war. 1. to be a Statesman of Principles, 2. ability to comprehend a nature of warfare; 3. clear mind to come to conclusions; 4. character to make strategic decisions; 5. rational capacity to grasp dynamics of battle; 6. intelligence to coordinate battle; 7. irreversible will to lead the Nation to defeat enemy.
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