Here's a good question posed by LTG Tom Griffin, USA (ret.):
"Now let's see here if I understand all this correctly. President Clinton has ordered our forces to engage
an entrenched, politically motivated enemy, backed by the Russians, on their home ground, in a foreign
civil war, in difficult terrain, with limited military objectives, bombing restrictions, boundary and
operational restrictions, queasy allies, far across the ocean, with uncertain goals, without prior
consultation with congress, the potential for escalation, while limiting the forces at his disposal, and the
majority of Americans opposed to or at least uncertain about the value of the action being worth
American lives.
So...just what was it that he was opposed to in Vietnam?" |
