Some people are more concerned with convicting our own soldiers for war crimes for frightening the poor enemy than they are with winning the war. Do they think they are fooling anyone into believing they anything other than traitors who live to see the American military humiliated and cast as villians and criminals for wanting to defeat our enemies?
We must keep this in context re "enemies within our ranks". It is a subject not discussed in most circles. During Special Operations in Vietnam, radio messages being sent from South Vietnam to North Vietnam were intercepted by our National Security Agency, deciphered and shockingly, contained the grid coordinates of the landing sites for our Studies and Observation Group (MACVSOG) "hatchet" teams into Laos, Cambodia and North Vietnam. It is no wonder that we suffered so many casualties during these operations. It follows that most, if not all, of our "secret" operations were penetrated by the opposition. Ted Shackley, CIA Station Chief from 1968-72, claimed to have an agent in the Viet Cong infrastructure, COSVIN, was code named "hackle", and was touted as the only successful penetration of that organization. Perhaps it was ego, but if you put a "S" in front of Hackle and a "Y" on the end, you get "Shackley".
Treason in War is so diabolical. Many things that go wrong in war can be attributed to espionage and sabotage. It is no different in the current war in Iraq. Take for instance the current legal action against LTC West. Who is pushing this? Is there not more harm being done than creating "good order and discipline". The opposition must be jumping with glee over this abortion.
John McCarthy
Chairman of The Board of VERPA
http://www.verpa.org Web Log:
http://www.jenmartinez.com/vetsturn/ Background:
http://www.geocities.com/larryjodaniel/23.html