Posted on 01/09/2007 11:01:24 AM PST by Tolik
They took Buna and a lot of soldiers didn't come back alive. My father joined the 32nd ID in Australia as a replacement in early '43 after the Buna campaign. After some R&R and further training they returned to New Guinea until Nov. '44, when they went and retook the Philippines for MacArthur. Everyone knows about the Bulge and the race to the Rhine, but not New Guinea, Leyte, and Luzon, which occurred in the same time frame. (/pet peeve)
Your history needs some updating. Try reading newer works on Grant's administration and you will find that the media did a fine job of spinning lies back then too. Read Scaturro's President Grant Reconsidered. Racism towards the Indian was not limited to Sherman either. But that aside, it does not change the nuts and bolts of VDH's assertion that it is not the numbers put in place to face a situation rather then the artificial handcuffs placed on the numbers that can doom the majority success over the minority. Further, in studying history, if you find it hard to relate the past to the present, and believe that a war in another country or time AND place, have nothing in common with the American Civil War, you ARE doomed to repeat the mistakes as well. Perhaps a 6th grade World History class could help you out here.
Ever read up on Herman Boettcher?
How do you know about him. That article was the only place I ever saw him mentioned.
It feels wonderful, a high, I guess.
If I get fired it'll be a low!! LOL
I love this guy. I'd love to see him rip Chrissie a new one.
The principle of the problem is this - stop being nice. Start making the assault stick. How is it when Connan the Barbarian is queried with this question: How do you define victory? When the battlefield is heaped with dead, your enemies run before you, and you hear the lamentations of their women.
Stop being nice, we are not there to impress anyone, we are their to impose our idea of foreign policy. Al Qaeda and the Taliban HAVe to stop, and there is only one way to stop them. By killing them - to kill them is not being nice. Keep killing them, and keep kicking their butts until they come into alignment with U.S. foreign policy.
The same goes with liberals. When they indicate conservatives are not nice, or that conservative ARE hate filled. Ask them how they plan on fixing the issue.
If the U.N comes out in their discussion - point out to them we are still in Kosovo, and that solution with the U.N. at the helm was not served.
It is time for us, as conservative Americans to begin standing up before the treasonous liberal menace.
The question I have for the guy who wrote this article - Did you serve ANY military time? The response should be the same at any time. If you are NOT qualified, you should NOT comment.
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I've read quite a bit about the Pacific Theater in WWII. The Aussies really proved their mettle early-on in New Guinea... by stopping the Japs on the Kokoda Trail. What a miserable place.
On a related note, the VA is finding that the gals are not holding up well...but try to get those statistics. They're as tough to find out about as the current condition of Linda Bray.
#####these kinds of claims about the American military being "broken" pop up in EVERY SINGLE WAR we've had,#####
Does your book go all the way to Gulf War One? I remember reading for weeks before the "start", how Saddam had bunkers that were impregnable and intricate, and a 'supergun' that had a barrel larger than anyone had ever built before, and a Republican Guard that outmeasured our forces in every category, etc etc.
How did western reporters get so taken in by smoke and mirrors?
They do not have to fix any issue. They only promise to spend more money on what ever is causing bad "feelings."
Example of above situation: Most large cities in the US with dem administrations since the days of Johnson's War on Poverty have worse social problems now than they did in the 1960s. No problem! They "wanted" to fix the problems. They will always look for the ideal over the possible and call us mean-spirited for attempting to address problems by doing what is possible.
oh yeah, that "republican guard" was fierce!
Oh yes, the book has a lot of "predictions" from the Gulf War. It goes right up to Iraq, and the paperback ed., due out in May, is updated through 2006.
My sentiments exactly. Unfortunately, noone asks us.
Reasoned optimism. How refreshing!
Thanks, I will look for it.
VDH is no WBTS historian. He's out of his league on this period (especially Reconstruction). I wish he would stick to ancient Greek history.
As for corruption, Reconstruction was no different than antebellum Alabama or Arkansas or Mississippi. The corruption there was epidemic, all by Democrats.
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