..hmmm, they arrived at my old base after I left, hmmm neat patch
Posted on 05/31/2006 7:05:14 PM PDT by llevrok
That fits with my hunch our forces are in another Vietnam. That is a war managed by politicans, lawyers and shiney pants diplomats.
..hmmm, they arrived at my old base after I left, hmmm neat patch
If Rush were very honest................... he's quit his soft job and tell the country that the government is corrupt!
..heres another
I was listening EST NYC, and I'm thinking this soldier has to maybe die like a soldier, but hesitate like a police officer while the perp decides fate for both of them. eF that.
I am sure he (Rush) got the "gist" from the editing of the comments. However I doubt that in his hearing impaired state, he understood all. No doubt there will be much comment tomorrow.
God Bless them both!
The Lt.C. Is correct, let them go! They are damned good at what they do, that's what thy want to do!
If there is any "VietNam-ization" going on here,
it's all Political!!
Can you say LBJ and Sec Def MacNamara?
FAILURE!
Giving creedence to Flip Flop and his 30 years of traitorous acts?
FAILURE!
Kill people and break things!
We have a WINNAH!
I am old enough to remember Vietnam. My waters tell me this is getting too micromanaged ala Vietnam by the politicians. The Lt Col's comments only added to those concerns.
I will also say that IF there is anything to the alleged Marine civilian killings, it may have come frustration of the guerilla warefare + leashed forces.
No offense but that doesn't sound like a very good business model.
Secondly, after he quits his job, how does his message reach the country?
By the way, government corruption is a constantly recurring theme on his show, so he pretty much has been telling the country all along.
Thanks for posting this wonderful call. You are so right that he felt he (they) are being held back from what the military could really do and that is a gosh darn shame. Darn it.
Ping
Let's get on track. Can we make contact directly to this soldier; let him and his command hear from us?
It was a great call, and he said he was speaking for his unit if I understood him correctly.
My temptation is to call you an idiot but instead I will let you prove it yourself. Everyone knows the government is corrupt, we don't need to be told. Even our corrupt mouthpieces, the MSM, know the government is corrupt and they point it out daily. Why do you blame Rush for anything?? He is as honst as Bush! Please help prove me wrong, that you are an idiot, and make sense of what you say.
I heard that too.
Do you blame the MSM in any part for our military "being on the leash" so to speak? I do. I think some of our politicians are so afraid of what the MSM might say about them that they do all they can to curry favor with them. They are as corrupt as if they robbed a bank, because they are accepting a salary they haven't earned, and they've harmed our nation and military men and women in the process!
PING
This is different than Vietnam, but with potentially the same predictable consequences.
In Vietnam we were undertaking an actual war (against N.Vietnam and Vietcong) with massive troop involvement, but constricted by the politicians in undertaking an all out decisive defeat of the enemy (i.e. invading and obliterating N. Vietnam's capability to wage war). This "non-victory" (rope-a-dope) strategy in waging this war, bought our enemies valuable time and hemmorraged our national will to continue the fight.
In Iraq, we 'won' the actual war through defeat of a standing army, but with limited troops in the country, and our lack of planning to establish immediate Iraqi control over social and policing infrastructure, it left a horrendous strategic void which allowed the enemy to re-organize and capture popular support to wage an insurgency - at the same time - sucking our military into a prolonged "policing" role.
The longer we maintain a "policing" (i.e 'restricted) role, the higher the price we will pay for this involvement, and the greater the odds are we will begin to lose the popular support necessary to see this involvement through to a successful conclusion.
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