"Strange Allies:Afghanistan: Echoes Of Vietnam "

Sierra Times ^ | 10/29/01 | Steve Montgomery & Steve Farrell

[redrock]

It's important...especially to the soldier putting his life on the line.

Are we REALLY going to WIN this war???

Are we going to find a Patton...or a Sherman..and go into this war with the sure and absolute knowledge that in order to win this war we must commit EVERYTHING??

That in order to win...we must tear up...blow up...and rip apart ALL of those nations who support terrorism???

Or will we stop short, sort of like we did in 'Desert Storm', and let the 'bad guy' live??

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[XBob]

thanks for the bump - in spite of a few factual errors, eg Pres Harry Truman in 1954, etc., this is mostly factually correct, and I can personally vouch for a lot of it.

They tied my hands, pathetically, and I didn't know better, until my friends died, as a result. I, and many others, figured out ways to 'untie' our hands, and we started winning, but then they made us pull out.

The policy of 'graduated response', was terrible, and unproductive. Not being allowed to hit targets until they were capable of defending themselves, placing AAA guns on the tops of school buildings and SAM sites in school yards and hospital yards, etc. Not hitting Migs on the ground - they were real, and purposely stupid, insane policies.

[harpseal]

The USA had best soon recognize that this war is a war of survival. The goal of OBL is an Islamic world and that perforce means the USA is either exterminated or conquered. Unless or until we take this goal of our opponent seriously the American corpses will continue to pile up. the fact that now anthrax cases are appearing outside the post office, government and media should be a key warning sign to us but so far it is not.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[Rowdee]

Excellent.

IMO, we will not fight to the finish. I believe the Persian Gulf War was a lighter version of Nam in that we left the 'bad guy' there to continue his reign of horror....and there was a good bit of grumbling.

Then, when NATO had to hit Serbia, I believe there was enough of inside grumbling that they had to take out Slobo (odd that of the countries under discussion, Serbians had been good to our pilots in WWII and is considered a Christain nation).

BTW, do you know if Henry "I've got the only correct answer to everything" Kissinger ever stuck his butt on the line--were any of these yokers ever in a position to know whether our military has the will to fight and win?

And one more question....Regarding Articles 51 and 52, are these from the Un Charter or what? I ask because someone on Pal Talk tried to give me the song and dance routine that the UN doesn't have an 'army'....I had made a comment with a note about NATO being their army in quotations. I don't believe the UN has an actual army; but they hide behind NATO, SEATO, etc.

[Jim Robinson]

Tap, tap, tap. Is this thin on?

[Countdown]

Yes it is.

[headsonpikes]

Roger, Cap'n!

[LibWhacker]

Yessir! Thank you! It's most definitely on. Man, that's worse than going without coffee!

[Movemout]

Good questions. I don't see sufficient support by the liberals to rip the heart out of terrorists. The media, academe, and the globalists are having fits already.

[Monitor]

Wooo Hooo! Five by Five.

[Rowdee]

I'm sorry, Jim Rob, I don't understand.....have I already blew your # 1429 on the Censored Republic thread? I had hoped to be able to write some comments there....?????

[Rowdee]

God, you must be really pissed at me. I've thought and thought about this, Jim, and still can't figure out what you're trying to tell me.....the only thing I can come up with is that you're a mind reader and know what I've been wanting to write to you....