A horsefly can't do a horse much real damage, but it can drive it wild anyhow. - Harry Turtledove

Longstreet, as far as Jackson was concerned, made a better politician than a soldier; he was full of the deviousness politics required.

You believe in reincarnation, then?" Eyvind Torfinn asked eagerly. "Have you evidence to support your belief?

"I have one more message for you men, and for the SS goons who skulk in the woods and in the darkness," Eisenhower said. "It's very simple. We are going to stay here as long as it takes to make sure Germany can never again trouble the peace of the world." He probably expected more cheers then. He got... a few. Lou was one of the men who clapped. The guy in the tanker's coveralls edged away, as if afraid he had something contagious. That saddened him without much surprising him. He wondered how many of the others who applauded there were also Jewish. Quite a few, unless he missed his guess. Yes, Eisenhower had looked for more in the way of approval there. He'd acted professionally grim before. Now his eyes narrowed and the corners of his mouth turned down. He wasn't just grim any more; he was pissed off.