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"zippo smith"writes
From Vietnam to the ball fields of Little League
> Baseball we have assumed the mantle of quitters and
> made losing not only acceptable,but,preferable:"As
> long as everyone gets to play,who cares who wins"?The
> myths of Vietnam are so pervasive even our new
> generation of officers believe them.They and our left
> hit the drum that our poor were drafted and sent to
> Vietnam to die.This has been a crock of crappola from
> day one.The majority of young Americans did not avoid
> the draft and served this country well.The majority of
> our cowards,dopers,malingerers and racial dividers
> joined our military,with a large segment out of
> "McNamara's One Hundred Thousand." These guys with a
> GT Score as low as thirty were allowed to join.They
> were not drafted.I am one military retiree who is just
> a bit fed up with Rumsfeld being used as an excuse for
> what Shinsheki and Colin Powell gave us:An Army which
> thought it could dictate on what terms it would fight
> and if it would fight at all.The world situation
> dictates when we fight and not how many damned widgets
> you ordered instead of bullets.I also am a tad tired
> of hearing we cannot win a war such as this.If our
> Generals cannot think of how to fight this type of
> war.Then get some who do.You wanted "Managers" instead
> of leaders and you sure as hell got them.We are
> fighting a very low intensity war and these guys
> cannot secure even the major roads.This is not due to
> a lack of troops,but,a lack of a plan.The American
> soldier can and will win anyplace on this earth
> against any type of enemy.I have not heard the troops
> whining about Rummy,but, a bunch of girlish senior
> officers who should have considered a profession
> selling shoes instead of war fighting.I have not seen
> this much childish finger pointing since grade school.
> Both our politicians and our senior Soldiers need to
> get their minds off body/vehicle armor and get
> thinking about penetrating the robes and t-shirts of
> our enemies. From this comes victory and not how fast
> you can get away from the area.SO GIRLS, SHOW ME WHAT
> YOU GOT OR GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY AND LET THE
> REAL MEN GET ON WITH IT.ZIPPO

[AMOS]

VERY well said, Zippo.

[LimaCharlie]

Amen!
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I was going to become an anarchist, but they had too many rules.

[3rd gen Navy]

not sure about the robes etc line in particular, but concur w/ sentiment in general....
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Warm Regards,
Sean G. Smith,
RN, BSN, EMT-B, U.S. Navy, 1994 - 2003.
BS Biology, Business Administration, Nursing
The Deal with Life: Make decisions based on what you might gain, not on what you may lose.
!!!!!! LET THE WILD RUMPUS BEGIN !!!!!!

[BuffaloJack]

We won, unconditionally, every war we ever fought until the hippies and dopers of the 60s infiltrated the system and made it fashionable to be anti-USA. This country has the ability to win, but the commie socialist leanings of our enemy from within can defeat us. It's people like Kerry, McCain, Pelosi, Streisand and others who are the enemy among us.
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