[earntaz]

Thanks Bentley! The Vietnam War/Conflict was a mess -- American GIs would fight for a piece of land and after securing it give control of it to the ARVNs. I many cases they would lose it back to the enemy in a short period of time.

If that mess would have been up to the Generals -- some say it would have been over in two months. As far as the aviators of all branches -- targets were selected by Washington ... UGH!!! As an example -- if Linebacker were to continue as the warfighters planned -- there would have been no need for Linebacker II. Hands were tied ...

Hell, as a GIBBER working FAC many times we saw badguys on the ground and had to ask for permission to call in airstrikes ... by the time permission was granted -- badguys were back in the jungle hidden.

Sorry for the rant -- TAZ