And if you're wrong?
And to Cleatmarks, Dashoe is correct about one thing. OBL has been quoted as saying that the way we handled the Somalia incident convinced him that America didn't have the stomach to handle death, and that terrorist attacks and the ensuing wars would be given up on by America.
He was spot on.
I do remember that but Dashoe said it was the Sudan and then went on to explain how they were interchangeable. That's what I took issue with.
The other point which went largely ignored is the fact that the Somalia withdrawal was driven by congressional pressure and he seemed to ignore the speech the McCain gave on the floor and placed it soley on Clinton's shoulders.
I have no issue where someone comes down on an issue but I do detest ideological blindness and a propensity to speak in support of things that put my brothers in harm's way while addressing anyone who has a more cautious outlook based on experience as someone with less courage than he displays in his verbal diatribe.
That being said, I think Dawson's douchebag is equally as ignorant but not nearly as offensive because it's difficult to consider such logic seriously.
Together, their exploration in such matters is as deep as the local media outlets have fed them.
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BTW, do you post on any military boards? I used to post on one of Hackworth's boards until his death and new management decided that the level of self moderation (pretty good actually) was embarrassing for them and their fundraisers since they didn't like the barracks talk that sometimes ensued.