CA? Heald, Timothy J wrote: > If/When I go back in I'm going CA. I figure they could use an > infantryman's perspective :) > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 11:28 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: Looks like the military is working on a >> fall-back plan in Iraq >> >> It is even worse than that. The people of this nation, >> regardless of political affiliation have adopted the attitude >> that history does not apply any more or they are too smart to >> allow the problems of the past to happen. Guess what folks? >> It does and it did! >> >> I'm an old Cold Warrior. I expected to fight my war across >> the plains of central europe. I also expected to die >> grusomely within 30 minutes of contact of the enemy. The >> lessons that would apply then were from WWII, superior >> firepower and the ability to deliver it would win the war. >> >> The military leaders of today are also Cold Warriors. Few of >> them served in the jungles of South East Asia. They lacked >> the perspective to properly apply the lessons of Viet Nam. >> Now they are learning. We are in an insurgency. Superior >> firepwoer is not the naswer, proper, unambiguous application >> of the firepower is the answer. >> >> This nation also never learned a lesson from the War Between >> the States, Civil Affairs units are needed. Engineers and >> MPs aren't enough. We need CA people on the ground getting >> the local populace into the fight against the insurgents. >> >> >>> I swear it's like these people didn't take any history classes, like >>> most of them weren't already in gov't service when Vietnam >>> >> was ending. >> >>> Don't they remember that this is basically what we did then. They >>> forget about when the Embassy fell? The NVA armor rolling over the >>> corpses of the people we promised to protect? >>> >>> Makes me sick. >>> >>> >> > >
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