I can't think of another movie that moved me as much. Thermopylae with a better ending.
November 1965 the Joint Chiefs led by Gen. Earle Wheeler USA were allowed fifteen minutes by LBJ to convince him of their plan to bomb Hanoi and mine Haiphong.
They failed to do so, and LBJ cursed them vulgarly.
The crucial event is described in "The Day It Became The Longest War" by Lt. Gen. Charles G. Coopoer, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.) published in May 1996 Proceedings of the U.S. Naval Institute.
I will gladly fax the four-page article to any who express an interest via freepmail.
The valiance of quintessential warriors such as General Moore was undercut by the cunning depravity of Johnson.
As with so many dark days, we say never again, again.
Now our soldiers have the wind at their backs and every tool at their hand.
We have only to imbed more reporters, perhaps by climbing to higher altitude before jettisoning them.
