[lentulusgracchus]

Screw Obama. I don’t believe for a heartbeat that he gives a d*mn about the troops, he probably hates them and all the military (it doesn’t help that he doesn’t have what it takes to be them). Anything he’s doing, there are political polls behind it.

Well, the main thing that occurred to me was that, if the Taliban smell weakness, if they think running up U.S. casualties is a way to get to Obama, they'll go crazy.

The second thing that occurred to me was that the U.S. Army in Vietnam had good morale all through Tet, up until "Landslide Lynt'n" made his "I quit" speech and threw in the towel. The minute he announced he would countenance capitulation, Army morale and discipline went to hell and drug use blossomed. "Hooches" were unheard-of in 1967, but common in 1969.

[mrsmel]

I was posting about that exact thing at RR today, that it seems like since Truman, every rat president has laid America open to be spat upon and abandoned the men on the ground right in the middle of action. Nothing could be worse.

[Semperfiwife]

My hubby was in Vietnam early on. If the politicians had the guts to bomb the supply routes we might have won that war. But having the elite, educated, thoughtful, ditherers in charge only killed 55,000 men. Hell will not be good enough for the likes of Obama, Biden for killing 55 men in October in Afghanistan.