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Originally Posted by tecoyah
Gulf War 1
Desert Storm....went pretty much as planned, few complaints (if any) Great planning, plenty of troops, and a clear objective. The commander in Chief at the time knew the likely results of taking out the Government, and wisely avoided it.
In my opinion there is an acceptable level of confusion/failure in warfare.....we have exceeded this level and then some.
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No it didn't. You just didn't have the press looking for shit. Armchair quarterbacking a war will never give anyone a real opinion of the events that transpired.
I was there and there were plenty of fucked up things. My buddy got a dishonorable for calling in two helos at the same coordinate. He was given the coordinates by his superior, then told not to question the order. The result: the helos crashed and we had guys killed. Did the supervisor get it? Nope, my buddy did and it he has carried the guilt around ever since.
Also, didn't we lose more people to friendly fire than to enemy fire?
Anyway, not to defend Rummy, but you always want more than you have. You always feel like you need more than you have.
We didn't get what we needed, so we got creative. Anybody that has been in the military, regardless of the president, regardless of the Sec. of Def., will back this up.
Sure, it sucks, but that is the way it is/was/will always be. In life you do not get everything you want.
/and yeah, I bitched a lot when I was in too. It was hot (really, really fuckin' hot), shit didn't work, we were tired, couldn't get fresh milk (goat's milk sucks), we needed better tools, etc. Hell, we didn't even have decent armament, but such is life, we made do and moved on.