Posted by
GinnyPub on Friday, October 09, 2009 10:01:19 AM
31 Mar 68 - President Johnson commits the US to a non-military solution of the war when he announced he would not seek re-election, and ordered a bombing halt over 75% of N. Vietnam (north of the 20th Parallel)
31 Oct 68 - President Johnson announced he would halt all bombing of N. Vietnam on 1 Nov 68. The B-52 bombing halt was maintained until 15 Apr 72. The US bombing "sorties" were shifted to Laos 1 Nov 68 on through 1972 -- over 25,000 sorties were flown, with the most occurring in 1971
16,592 brave warriors of the U.S. Armed Forces died in Vietnam in 1968 because they were left like sitting ducks by the President of the United States of America.
Lyndon Baines Johnson had more important and pressing issues to worry about. He was working night and day turning the U.S.A. into The Great Society; a country of big taxes, big government, big spending and payroll redistribution - a socialist nation.
30 Aug 2009 - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal sends an assessment report to U.S. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates. The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warns in an urgent, confidential assessment of the war that he needs more forces within the next year and bluntly states that without them, the eight-year conflict "will likely result in failure." "Failure to gain the initiative and reverse insurgent momentum in the near-term (next 12 months) -- while Afghan security capacity matures -- risks an outcome where defeating the insurgency is no longer possible."
21 Sept 2009 - The Washington Post prints a story about Gen. McChrystal's report after it was leaked from an unnamed government source.
As of today, 08 OCT 2009, there is no indication a decision about a troop increase in Afghanistan has been made by the President of the United States of America.
59 brave American warriors of the U.S. Armed Forces have died in Afghanistan from 31 AUG 2009 to 04 OCT 2009 because they were left like sitting ducks by Barry Hussein Soetoro. He has more important and pressing issues to worry about: he, himself and him. He's been working day and night turning the U.S.A. into Barryland; a country of big taxes, big government, big spending and payroll redistribution-a socialist nation.
08 OCT 2009 -
American troops in Afghanistan losing heart, say army chaplains
Sergeant Christopher Hughes, 37, from Detroit, has lost six colleagues and survived two roadside bombs. Asked if the mission was worthwhile, he replied: “If I knew exactly what the mission was, probably so, but I don’t.”
The only soldiers who thought it was going well “work in an office, not on the ground”. In his opinion “the whole country is going to sh##”.
The soldiers complain that rules of engagement designed to minimise civilian casualties mean that they fight with one arm tied behind their backs. “They’re a joke,” said one. “You get shot at but can do nothing about it. You have to see the person with the weapon. It’s not enough to know which house the shooting’s coming from.”
The soldiers joke that their ISAF arm badges stand not for International Security Assistance Force but “I Suck At Fighting” or “I Support Afghan Farmers”.
At morning service on Sunday, the two chaplains sought to boost the spirits of their flock with uplifting hymns, accompanied by video footage of beautiful lakes, oceans and rivers.
Captain Rico offered a particularly apposite reading from Corinthians:
“We are afflicted in every way but not crushed; perplexed but not driven to despair; persecuted but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.”