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| Southeast Asia |
| 'We could have ended that thing in six months.' |
| 2019-03-03 |
| Thanks for sending me this, Stu. [CadeMartin] Operation Rolling Thunder was the code name for an American aerial bombing campaign during the Vietnam War. U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam from March 1965 to October 1968. Over 2,000 aircraft attacked thousands of targets, dropping more than 7 million tons of bombs. The gradual and sustained aerial bombing campaign ranks as one of the most massive in U.S. history. For years, in the face of so many loud voices taking stock and making record of this controversial war, the men who flew the missions have been notably silent. Over War is a portrait series that reveals the scope and reality of the conflict from their unique vantage point flying over the war below. These are the Thunderchief F-105 Air Force pilots of Operation Rolling Thunder. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #13 Patton could have won the war in 6 months, especially backed by Curtis LeMay. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-03-03 23:30 |
| #12 Instead of the traditional linear method, wars are now using the Disney formula - lots of prequels, side character & universe adventures. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-03-03 19:40 |
| #11 I was wondering which one I missed... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-03-03 14:13 |
| #10 World War III WW II. PIMF!!!!! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-03-03 13:45 |
| #9 Rolling Thunder |
| Posted by: Ulaper Oppressor of the Giants1043 2019-03-03 12:25 |
| #8 We say that Germany drew the wrong lesson from World War III — not about genocide but about national self defence — but those generals drew a wrong lesson from that war as well. I understand that they did not want to precipitate nuclear war with the Soviet Union, but this was not the way to accomplish it. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-03-03 12:03 |
| #7 #6 And suffered no consequences as a result. |
| Posted by: Matt 2019-03-03 11:30 |
| #6 #4 Roasting in Hell since July 6, 2009... Posted by M. Murcek Hell just called they say they want him outta there. Posted by: jpal 2019-03-03 11:07 ...Lyndon Johnson is right next to him. And if you haven't yet, read Dereliction of Duty by H.R. McMaster (yes, that one). The short version: The entire National Command Authority - the President, the National Security Advisors, the SecDef, and the service chiefs - knowingly and willfully betrayed their country and its armed forces in Vietnam. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2019-03-03 11:13 |
| #5 Roasting in Hell since July 6, 2009... I thought maybe he was in Australia. /snark |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-03-03 11:08 |
| #4 Roasting in Hell since July 6, 2009... Posted by M. Murcek Hell just called they say they want him outta there. |
| Posted by: jpal 2019-03-03 11:07 |
| #3 he has a lot to answer for Roasting in Hell since July 6, 2009... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-03-03 10:30 |
| #2 ..from the people who brought you the Ford Edsel. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-03-03 10:30 |
| #1 I don't know what Robert McNamara is doing right now, but he has a lot to answer for. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-03-03 10:03 |