Very sad state of affairs, indeed. Probably the most chickenshit method of waging war yet invented, but it seems "chickenshit" has rapidly become the US of A's middle name.
Before you start dumping on my "unpatriotic" ass, take a look at the Corporations (and states in which they have operations) reaping the profits of drone warfare: Boeing (WA), General Atomics (CA), Lockheed Martin (CA, FL, GA, MS, NC, PA, SC, TX, WV), Northrup Grumman (CA, CO, DC, IL, MD), AeroVironment (CA), General Dynamics (AZ, CA, CO, MD, MA, MI, MN, NJ, TX, VA). There's big money in them thar drones. Don't believe it? Then check out the smiling faces of congress-critters on the Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus (http://unmannedsystemscaucus.mckeon.house.gov/about/membership.shtml) lusting for their piece of the corporate pie.
Saved it? I recommend opening Google Earth and searching for Khe Sahn (or Kham Duc, Thuong Duc or any other siege site during the conflict). Enable photos and check out what was saved versus what is there today. Zoom in and marvel at the thousands of bomb craters that are still quite identifiable and try to picture what the the landscape would be like had we never been there. Look at the people in the recent photos and imagine what their parents and grandparents had to go through during our stay. Notice how beautiful the valleys look in the recent pictures and how menacing they appear in the war shots. I now have more respect for these people than any congressman or US General. Sorry if you don't agree, but that's how war plays out sometimes.
I served in the RVN, '67-'68, and was in close proximity to several Arc Light-type drops near the Laotian border. I always wondered how the targeted troops could endure the bombing, but endure they did. In the case of a Special Forces outpost called Kham Duc they not only endured the bombing, they used the rubble to build a road...directly toward Kham Duc.
It's amazing what a people will endure to defend and maintain their homeland. It's something the US Air Force apparently doesn't understand.
Alec, if the gruel was of such thinness, how do explain the pervasive selective amnesia and outright lying?
Very sad state of affairs, indeed. Probably the most chickenshit method of waging war yet invented, but it seems "chickenshit" has rapidly become the US of A's middle name.
Before you start dumping on my "unpatriotic" ass, take a look at the Corporations (and states in which they have operations) reaping the profits of drone warfare: Boeing (WA), General Atomics (CA), Lockheed Martin (CA, FL, GA, MS, NC, PA, SC, TX, WV), Northrup Grumman (CA, CO, DC, IL, MD), AeroVironment (CA), General Dynamics (AZ, CA, CO, MD, MA, MI, MN, NJ, TX, VA). There's big money in them thar drones. Don't believe it? Then check out the smiling faces of congress-critters on the Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus (http://unmannedsystemscaucus.mckeon.house.gov/about/membership.shtml) lusting for their piece of the corporate pie.
To what deficit do you refer, Paleface??
Saved it? I recommend opening Google Earth and searching for Khe Sahn (or Kham Duc, Thuong Duc or any other siege site during the conflict). Enable photos and check out what was saved versus what is there today. Zoom in and marvel at the thousands of bomb craters that are still quite identifiable and try to picture what the the landscape would be like had we never been there. Look at the people in the recent photos and imagine what their parents and grandparents had to go through during our stay. Notice how beautiful the valleys look in the recent pictures and how menacing they appear in the war shots. I now have more respect for these people than any congressman or US General. Sorry if you don't agree, but that's how war plays out sometimes.
I served in the RVN, '67-'68, and was in close proximity to several Arc Light-type drops near the Laotian border. I always wondered how the targeted troops could endure the bombing, but endure they did. In the case of a Special Forces outpost called Kham Duc they not only endured the bombing, they used the rubble to build a road...directly toward Kham Duc.
It's amazing what a people will endure to defend and maintain their homeland. It's something the US Air Force apparently doesn't understand.