] "It's scary, okay?" he says. "Let's face it: There are
] guys at the Pentagon who have been involved in
] operational planning for their entire lives, okay? . . .
] And for this wisdom, acquired during many operations,
] wars, schools, for that just to be ignored, and in its
] place have somebody who doesn't have any of that
] training, is of concern."

Schwarzkopf on the impending war. There is a lot of interesting content in this article, and there is a lot of journalistic fluff. Read the quotes from Schwarzkopf himself and the commentary at the end about heros. Skip all the stuff in the middle about Schwarzkopf's reputation. Its a labored attempt to find an unrelated reason to discount his opinion and it fails.

Desert Caution (washingtonpost.com)