RE: America’s Dumbest War, Ever
I can totally believe what this soldier has written. Too much cautious micromanagement like Vietnam.
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IIRC, you wrote a few years back that the most important thing to the Afghan people was to see Americans building permanent structures. That would give them the feeling that we were there to stay and...
View ArticleHow do we win?
Michael Your last 2 posts are amongst the best you have ever made. However, obviously America and Britain are now deeply caught up in this war. We will pay a terrible price if we are seen to be...
View ArticleRE: America’s Dumbest War, Ever
Terrible waste of our fine men. This has trully become a forgotten war. Bring our guys and gals home ASAP!
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Thanks for sharing this. I forwarded it with a few kind words to my Senators/Congre ssman...
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The administration is focused to the exclusion of all else on reelection, so they issue a stand-down order. Got to preempt any negative headlines. Our pathetic, politicized, craven military leadership...
View ArticleRE: America’s Dumbest War, Ever
What is our military doing in that country? Get them the heck out of there, pronto!! Let our military do what they can do in another deserving place! To leave them there will lower the morale and have...
View ArticleDumbest bureaurocrats ever
All these politicians who simply don't have a clue are continuously putting our men and women in danger with their politically correct crap. Time to send them all packing.
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"I don't think that the American citizens would be happy if they knew that their soldiers were being prohibited from defending themselves in any way because of politically driven orders," How does a...
View ArticleSlow down now...
Ok, huge misrepresentati ons are being thrown out in this letter. First off, all partnering has not stopped. The irony is I was working out with Afghans for a couple of days after the policies were...
View ArticleUnbelievable
God bless this soldier. I pray for his safe return and all other soldiers safe return. Let's bring them home!
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A lot of "temporarily tweaked" in the Capt's comment. I read that to mean "until the election".
View ArticleRE: America’s Dumbest War, Ever
Michael, I would like to publish this letter in (the Discussion) in military.com with your permission. I think everyone that has served in combat or even just served in the military should know what is...
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We have to either let our soldiers fight to win or get them out. Regarding not dropping bombs on the enemy, can we use the non-explosive GPS guided kinetic energy weapons? If so, start Operation Road...
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Whether this is the overall policy or not our soldiers there obviously feel in danger. I don't believe this war was a waste but this Afghan country is unable to create its own strong government so its...
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Michael, are you really so gullible that you did not see that this is a partisan political effort. You may have established its authenticity, by as an ex-SF Sergeant, you should know that a soldier...
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You're wanna publish a discussion about an anonymous letter from a guy who clearly sees only the situation in his unit/AO? Furthermore he's a guy who is able to "dig extensively" on CNN and do Internet...
View ArticleRE: RE: America’s Dumbest War, Ever
Lewis Sorley argues convincingly in "Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam" that the opposite is true. He writes that the Army was given a free hand WITHIN SOUTH VIETNAM and the Joint Chiefs...
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There's considerable danger in taking one data point (this letter), assuming it's gospel and extrapolating the writer's point of view to an entire country. We may accept and agree with some of the...
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