Admirals Quotes
Eisenhower was then the Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Forces.
Bart was unfamiliar with Court and his language lacked the refinement of the French Nobility. However he was the best naval officer in France and most French Nobles at the time could speak eloquently but could not do much else well.
While this is so in theory, both legislative and executive elected officials often abdicate their responsibility to set policy to the civil servants and Pentagon brass who write the regulations, and interpret the laws and Executive orders. In modern government, there are so many policies that need to be made that Congress and the President and Cabinet often don’t even know the issue exists much less what the national policy is. The Congress and President can choose to make specific policy on whatever they wish, but the Civil Servants as a de facto matter end up making the rest of the policy decisions. When there is Congressional gridlock, Congress can’t make very many policy decisions, so ironically, the civil servants and Pentagon brass make even more of the polices of the government.
Xerxes ignored her advice and attacked the Greek fleet at the Battle of Salamis. As Artemisia had predicted, the outnumbered Greeks routed the forces of Xerxes’ coalition preserving “The West” from dominance by “The East.” Artemisia’s fleet was the only one in the coalition to enjoy military success in the battle. See Xerxes {45633}. Artemisia is one of the first female military leaders and the only female naval commander until the end of the 20th century. She was 2500 years before her time.
