Alexander: Warriors on Leadership

Advice From American Patriots in Uniform

This week, Barack Obama’s penchant for vacuous rhetoric was on full display. His national addressconcerning the bloody Islamist attack on a San Bernardino office Christmas party was indicative of why hiscatastrophic foreign policy failures are becoming ever more costly — and dangerous.

Clearly, our nation is in desperate need of a commander in chief.

My touchstones for presidential leadership are George Washington at the dawn of our Republic and Ronald Reagan during one of its most challenging economic and national security eras. The good news is that there is substantial leadership capability in the lineup of conservative presidential candidates this year. The next president will face formidable foreign and domestic policy challenges, the effluent of the current administration’s colossally failed policies.

But I think the best examples of leadership come from those whose lives, and the lives of those they lead, are on the line. There are a handful of American military leaders, in addition to those of the American Revolution, whom I study closely and rely upon for the wisdom that informs my own sense of duty in defense of Liberty.

Among those are Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson: “Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow; for an army routed, if hotly pursued, becomes panic-stricken, and can then be destroyed by half their number.”

Here are a few more…