Don’t worry, I am.
“Don’t worry, I am.”
Then reconsider.
That’s drivel.
Who would back that up? No reputable source would.
“...their campaign came close to failure.” No it didn’t; there was never a question it would continue. The campaign continued past the first days of several losses, with almost no losses, and all strategic targets destroyed.
Whether a damaged aircraft is carried as a loss has no relationship to Linebacker 2, is not a political question at all, and has roots going back to WW2. It has mainly to do with logistics.
“Operation Desert Storm where the USAF enjoyed complete air dominance and spent six weeks blasting an exposed Iraqi Army in the open Kuwaiti desert but still did not bring about its collapse.”
This is an example of authoritative military writing?????
“The United States saved face, got its prisoners back and got a decent interval before South Vietnam was conquered by the conventional divisions of the North.”
What a joke. President Ford was handcuffed by the Congress. There was no conquering — only a nice drive for the tanks, which could have been obliterated in a couple of hours by B-52s.