Every morning at 5:30 local time I recorded reports from various theaters in 'nam, skirmishes, battles, NVA fronts, assassinations, South Vietnamese political failures... everything. As it dragged on with no real resolution - Gen. Westmoreland with his obnoxious We are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, when that light never brightened - I began to see a picture of war for war's sake. I began to turn against the war... but I was prepared to do my duty. I detested those cowards who slinked off to Canada.
Trump or his staff have implied that there are generals that want to keep the war in Afghanistan going, that oppose a peace settlement. Same old same old: what are our soldiers fighting for there? Marcus Latrell and a small squad of four or five on recon - Lone Survivor - surrounded by hundreds of enemy fighters - and no support! ...not enough helicopter gun ships, inadequate communications in a rugged mountain terrain; a command staff resigned to a philosophy of 's#!t happens.'
Twice told tales. sigh
Yeh. I’m out of here - Internet is clicking in and out every 5 minutes. Nite.
“I detested those cowards who slinked off to Canada...”
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I was totally pissed when Carter, gave them amnesty. I thought that those going to Canada would have to pay the cost of their decision for the rest of their lives. Then the peanut farmer erased that cost.
My question to Jimmy has always been “When are you going to give my brother Amnesty?” (KIA 1968 USMC)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/21/president-carter-pardons-draft-dodgers-jan-21-1977-346493
I watch the BBC series “Victoria” off and on. It is about Queen Victoria and Albert. There is an episode when England lost 4,000 troops in Afghanistan. Ill advised expedition, poor leadership, unprepared troops, double crossing Afghan “friends”. Sounds like today.