OT - I don't know this came from but....
> Here's a good question posed by Lt.Gen. 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?" |