“I don’t have all the facts, so don’t nobody flame, but.....The only problem I now have about this is that now the WHOLE WORLD knows they are going and where they currently area, and you can bet Islamofascists in and around both of those countries would consider this CODEL-type group a prime hit soft-target, and they would now probably have to armour up ten-fold and come in at night with lights off. I have no idea, but there may well have been actionable intelligence gleaned that they were in danger. In principle I am all for this, but I also know how the jehadi works and it might not be particularly advisable at this time—is what I am thinking instinctively. Best to just come in, quiet, make the rounds, and get the hell out of such places. I would say, if Iraq and Afghanistan are scrapped, just have them return via Korea and go up to the DMZ. They will be safer there and the guys and gals in service up there face just as brutal an enemy, but the environment is much more easily controlled.
Bush’s one day covert trip to Baghdad on Thanksgiving a number of years ago was a textbook case of prudent travel by high level American VIPs to war zones in the Middle East infested with Islamobastards. In my view, this delegation has been compromised. Too much press. If al-Jazeera or somebody like that carries this, it’s over. Washington has “weenies” alright, but sometimes they have solid people as well who know when and when not to go forward on something. It is just conjecture on my part, but this also has to now be figured into the equation.”
Exactly.
Thanks, and I fully agree.
I recall the trip that President Bush made, and there were several Freepers who had advance knowledge as he was in the air enroute. OpsSec mandated keeping that info under wraps until he had cleared the area on the return. The bleating of the Presstitutes was a glorious chorus of their stupidity!
A trip through Korea and Japan would be a fitting salute to both the troops, and the Astronaut Corps supporters in both countries.