tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post843598240227041090..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: Our Soldier-Scholar GeneralsAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-86472982909056854002013-01-17T14:31:22.318-08:002013-01-17T14:31:22.318-08:00Alan, when you have time, do some research on the ...Alan, when you have time, do some research on the South African Defence Force during the 80's. South Africa was under attack by USSR, Cuba and East Germany from Angola, and we gave them all a hiding and sent them packing. We didn't have nearly the fire power or the man-power that they brought to battle, BUT we had the smartest generals who looked at the guerrilla war tactics they were using and planned how to defeat them accordingly. It is such a pity that these generals were lost when the country was handed over to the ANC. Their brilliance should have been picked up by America or some other western country. Instead they were shut up and put in the closet, the ANC too scared of them. I have no doubt that they would have worked out a winning strategy for your military. Even your marines came to train with our army back then. Israel and South Africa had very close ties in those days as both countries faced similar situations. They exchanged military tactics and weaponry. As a result, I have a lot of time for the Israeli's. We also had Denel, which produced ground-breaking military equipment - we had to as the world wouldn't supply us. However, the USA and other NATO forces were only too keen to buy our prototypes....We sure were respected back then. Since then, the world has allowed the take over of that country without our fighting our army by communist Marxists - the ANC - aided and abetted by traitors within our own borders - all so that they could get their grubby paws on the mineral wealth of the country. The world and our traitors sold out that country to the commies for 30 pieces of silver.Lime Litehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062140213877618320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-23835193425344114812013-01-17T13:35:28.340-08:002013-01-17T13:35:28.340-08:00Done!Done!Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-6447715125712713002013-01-17T12:28:28.876-08:002013-01-17T12:28:28.876-08:00Inchong? Lose a 'g'.
Otherwise - agree.Inchong? Lose a 'g'.<br /><br />Otherwise - agree.Ir'Rationalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09576329973624463791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-84973496900232560032013-01-17T07:40:22.757-08:002013-01-17T07:40:22.757-08:00Ron, we did win many battles, but in the end we su...Ron, we did win many battles, but in the end we sued for peace with North Vietnam after they captured Saigon. The objective of protecting South Vietnam failed.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-16020850134309026122013-01-17T03:18:57.346-08:002013-01-17T03:18:57.346-08:00@Alan:
As a Vietnam veteran (class of 67 to 69)- ...@Alan:<br /><br />As a Vietnam veteran (class of 67 to 69)- the U.S. military machine did not lose that war.<br /><br />If we did, then name the battle(s) we lost? <br /><br />I had boots on the ground during the Tet Offensive in 1968, the Gettysburg of the Vietnam War and I personally witnessed as a member of Military Intelligence, the almost complete destruction of the South Vietnamese communists by the U.S. Armed Forces in about 90 days.<br /><br />Ditto for Iraq, ditto for Afghanistan - in all these wars the American soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines kicked butt and took names.<br /><br />Yes, we lost men, good men, but our graves are maybe 10% of their bone yards - the Vietnamese communists alone lost over two million dead and suffered the destruction of their country. <br /><br />The fact is, WE CAME, WE SAW, WE CONQUERED!<br /><br />However, our many victories on the battlefield have been stolen since WW II by Leftist traitors like Obama, who by the politics of appeasement have thrown away the many triumphs of the American Eagle.<br /><br />I say the time has come at long last for American patriots to deal with the countless filthy little wimp traitors who infest our government and culture.<br /><br />The most dangerous enemy of the American Republic are not the ones overseas - It is the Democrat-Communist Party within and its willing stooges, who pray for a Bolshevik revolution in America.<br /><br />Ancient wisdom:<br /><br />"Be careful what you pray for, because God may answer your prayer, AND YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT!"<br /><br />Ronbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02767498198886077632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-64603564660951220772013-01-16T19:18:41.343-08:002013-01-16T19:18:41.343-08:00Thanks Alan. Then I agree with you!Thanks Alan. Then I agree with you!Lime Litehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062140213877618320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-2131264422608305202013-01-16T14:42:57.324-08:002013-01-16T14:42:57.324-08:00Lime, perhaps I did not state my criticism more st...Lime, perhaps I did not state my criticism more strongly, but I thought I made it clear that I thought both Iraq and Afghanistan have been failures and traceable to both generals. McChrystal is a perfect example of how so many who have risen to top rank did so by working the politics of the military. We haven't really "won" a war since WWII.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-16504566074848023372013-01-16T14:23:30.148-08:002013-01-16T14:23:30.148-08:00I have to disagree with you Alan. It is BECAUSE of...I have to disagree with you Alan. It is BECAUSE of these types of generals that America has tasted defeat once again. Their whole strategy has been completely wrong in dealing with Iraq and Afghanistan - as has recently been reported. I watched McChrystal on Hannity two weeks ago and I was left with a very poor view of the man. He wouldn't answer a direct question - it was all diplomatic innuendo. Obama basically fired the man, yet he wouldn't say so to Hannity. He also refused to say even one bad word about Obama. And he all but admitted that he had voted for him again this time around. No, it is because of weak leadership at the top of the USA military that America has failed. The next generation are no better as they all toe the line with regards to political correctness within their ranks. They are pushing for diversity and gender and sexual equality, more than they are to keep the American military a strong, respected force.Lime Litehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062140213877618320noreply@blogger.com