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Every decision you made in battle was the right one wasn't it chief? Nobody ever died because you took your best shot and it just didn't work out? Not once?

You lucky man

[CWOJackson]

Seems to me Zinni wasn't in battle, and yes, no one ever died because of me taking political shots. Not once.

And yes, I am a lucky man...I even understand how defenseless a ship is when placed in such a situation. What a shame for those dead sailors that Zinni didn't.

[dcwusmc]

With all due respect to Mr Jackson, sir, you will NEVER get him to back off. He is a troll of the first water. Your points are pretty clear and I have to agree with you, overall. However, me being a Staff NCO, I was not in a position to have to send people off to die, as you were and General Zinni was. I think, deep down, that was one reason I never struck for OCS or anything. It would have been too difficult to live with. As it is, I still have some problems stemming from Vietnam and its aftermath... and good friends who served there are dropping like flies...

What Bn did you command? (I was mostly an airedale, in Marine helos but we supported the grunts all the time... our primary mission, of course.) Over the past few years I have gotten in touch and hang out with some of the grunts I supported in VN who served with 1/9 (the Walking Dead) and 3/9...