It wasn’t unusual to take ground fire from “friendlies” during a mission, because they certainly shouldn’t have known we were in the area, and couldn’t figure out that the “enemy” didn’t have an effective air force in the area.
You’d mark a target and considered it a miracle if the target was actually hit, much less that it was hit soon enough to be effective.
You sent the data up the chain, but were never sure anyone would bother to do anything about it, and saw plenty of evidence that it wasn’t being used effectively.
The same crap is happening in Iraq – actions based on politics, not military necessity or common sense.
I’m not holding my breath for an outbreak of sanity. Based on the primary, the Dems would rather beat up on each other than the GOP.
Look at the 1988 campaign if you would like to see a possible preview of the general campaign this Fall. It is pretty depressing, but people keep making the same mistakes hoping for a different result.
]]>We had a lot of problems in Cambodia with conflicting orders, poor communications from top down, mission changes often, etc. After 6 months, was a relief to go on a hunter mission into the jungles! LOL
Yeah… I know. 😉
Cheers. 🙂
The Russian, Suvorov, was one of the clearest thinking military commanders ever. He noted that planning a battle was a bit of a waste of time because you would have to give a copy of your plan to your enemy and have him follow it for the plan to succeed.
He never lost a battle against the enemy, but had a much harder time with Tsars and Emperors on his own side.
]]>“They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them “
Yeah, we are lucky m8. 🙂
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