[ealgeone]

Aren't there accounts of LBJ approving bomb loads and targets?

I seem to recall one instance where the tail gunner of a B-52 had to get permission to fire from the White House.

[DesertRhino]

“I seem to recall one instance where the tail gunner of a B-52 had to get permission to fire from the White House.”

I call BS

[Seruzawa]

More common was the “Squad Leader in the Sky”. A Colonel would fly over an engagement in Nam and order individual squads around thus bypassing the Regiment, Battalion, Company and Platoon commanders. The results would as expected.

The claim that the Army never lost a battle with the VC or NVA is a lie. When troops wander around the forest for weeks encountering no VC and losing 100 troops to booby traps you just lost. Most of the field commanders were very poor. Mainly because they changed them frequently so that as many officers could get that all important Combat checkmark in their personnel file. Careers were far more important than winning. It’s very good that Trump wants to keep Washington out of tactical decisions.

I wish he would cashier all the Generals and other brass who persecuted the troops for defending themselves. Obama’s toadies in other words. If he did though there wouldn’t be many admirals or generals left.

[stevem]

Aren't there accounts of LBJ approving bomb loads and targets?

Well, sort of. You are thinking about the best and the brightest...(drum roll)...Robert McNamara!

[TalBlack]

To say nothing of The Best and the Brightest. Didn’t they micro manage the introduction/early M-16 to some absurdly deadly degree?

[Reily]

That’s the first I have ever heard of a B52 tail gun ever fired in anger!

Can anyone elaborate on that story?

[peeps36]

I also recall a terrorist attack in Benghazi that went on for 13 hours. The Americans on the ground fought heroically for over 13 hours while they called repeatedly for air support. No help ever came and nobody knows what obama was doing while Americans were under attack in Libya. It was disgraceful the way obama and Hillary abandoned the Americans in Benghazi. If it wasn't for the bravery of six Americans working security there would have been many more lives lost in Benghazi.