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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-14-06 08:11 PM Original message |
The Generals...I don't Remember Anything like this for VietNam. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-14-06 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'll give Dumbsfeld this.... he did offer to resign on his own... |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-14-06 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think it is historical, and the question was brought up but not fully |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-14-06 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've never heard of anything like this in this history of the US military. |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-14-06 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. during Vietnam several retired generals opposed the war.....I don't |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-14-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. they never called for McNamara or Schlesinger to step down... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-14-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Here's an interesting piece from NYTimes. |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-14-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. "My sincere view is that the commitment of our forces to this fight was |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-14-06 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Never heard a dissenting peep out of a general, retired or otherwise, |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-14-06 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. Clark Clifford, a member of Johnson's own cabinet, came out against the war |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-14-06 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. Alot of those guys served in Vietnam. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-14-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. They also don't want to see the military wrecked. |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-14-06 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Totally. |
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