@Matt:

It must be a tremendous responsibility to have to point out to all the sciolists the errors of their ways. Does the job pay well?

I also detest Westmoreland, Kissinger, Nixon, Reagan, Johnson, Ford, and many others of that cabal that either escalated the Vietnam Farce or who had a hand in extending that dirty little war so that Nixon could get reelected. Do you think that you might be able to figure out why?

A lot of men died—needlessly—so that a criminal could improve his reelection odds. In my view it doesn’t speak well of Haig that he was instrumental in arraigning Nixon’s pardon either. If one was truly a patriot would he not have thought that the rule of law comes first for the sake of the nation rather than saving the skin of his criminal boss? Look at what the imperial presidency has wrought upon this nation since the Nixon presidency; El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Panamá, Iraq, Afghanistan, torture, rendition, Guantanamo, impunity for all high level officials in government, and the list goes on. 

I can’t help but wonder why one so erudite—as your captious commentary clearly demonstrates—still thinks of American politics in terms of Left vs. Right. In a corporate oligarchy there is no left or right, there is only cupidity and maintaining of the status quo.

The weird world or Alexander Haig:  Alexander Haig and the coup against Nixon.  James Rosen describes his encounter with Haig:

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/805.html

Interesting.

I should rephrase that, to a President should do his best to represent both sides, as both sides make a whole.

A President has to do his best to represent both sides.

God have mercy on him but the guy was a jerk.

All of the comments are right on the money..maybe Inherit the Wind more so.
What is so terrible is that one son-of-a-bitch dies and another son-of-a-bitch being so groveling over his death. Yup, I’m talking about Obama’s accolades to the mighty coward, Haig.Is he Hypocritical? Nope, I don’t thinks so. The pandering bastard in the white house thinks repug and acts repug, it just comes natural.

General Haig was the epitome of the politician in the military.  With virtually NO actual demonstration of true military leadership capability (ie, the ability to win actual battles and war) he rose through the ranks to become, I believe, a full General.  He played politics to do so, and a politician he remained.

I detested him.

Curiously, the thing he was MOST infamous for, his “I’m in control” statement was both factually correct and, by protocol, what is supposed to happen. The Secretary of State is the senior member of the Cabinet, senior to the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General (the other two biggies). As Sec State, in the absence of the Vice-President, when Reagan was shot, he would be the one “in control” until the VP, George H.W. Bush, was able to step in.

Of course, Haig’s shaking voice, twitching and generally crazed look only made the mis-understanding of his otherwise accurate statement much worse and scared Americans into wonder if a coup d’etat was in progress.

But despite my forgiving him for THAT incident, I still think he was a terrible blight on our government.

Now, who is going to be in charge?

The world is a much better place today!

In the immortal words of Dick Cheney, “So?”