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LISTENING TO President Bush's speech on Iraq earlier this month, my first thought was: "Where the heck are we going to get 21,500 more soldiers to send to Iraq?" Our Reserves are depleted, our National Guard is worn out, our Army and Marine Corps are stretched to the limit.
Then it hit me: Re-up our Vietnam War veterans and send them. They're trained. They're battle-hardened. Many already have post-traumatic stress disorder. Also, some have their own vehicles Harleys mostly, which are cheap to run, make small targets and are highly mobile. I'll even bet that lots of these guys still have guns (you know, just in case). OK, some vets are a bit long in the tooth (or don't have teeth because of Agent Orange. Or their eyesight isn't what it was. Or their reflexes have slowed. But with today's modern weaponry, how well do you have to see?
Too out of shape, you say? Listen, if Rocky Balboa can step back into the ring at age 60, all these Vietnam War vets need is a little boot-camp magic and they'll be good to go. I mean, who doesn't want to drop a few pounds?
Don't want geezers fighting for us? Well, let's face it, our young people have greater value right here. Most of us want to retire and collect our hard-earned Social Security, and we need those youngsters here, working and paying taxes lots of taxes.
Finally, these Vietnam War guys are hungry for revenge. After all, they
fought in the only war the U.S. ever lost. And they didn't even get a parade. So this is their chance. We can throw them that big parade whenthey come marching home.
Edited by Moderator: This was an "Op-Ed" from the Los Angeles Times Sunday 21, January located HERE or here http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-modestproposal21jan21,0,1717035.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
**GySgt [J.D.] MACK McKernan {Retired}**
{VMO-6, Quang Tri} **{Mar69-Mar70}**🙂
Posted : 2007-01-28 02:48
Not Mack's editorial
This piece of garbage was from the LA Times on 1/21/2007. Real piece of work this guy is.
Posted : 2007-01-28 13:36
Has a degree of logic
I don't buy the no teeth, out of shape (well a little) and esp. the " just to sit on our buts an draw S.S". But there are a lot of jobs we could do to take the pressure off some of the young reserves trying to raise a family. Lets face it most of our wives would like 6 or 8 month of piece and quite. Retraining wouldn't take half the time of a newbee. Besides, their using a bunch of 40 yr old reserves now. Why not some of us that are retired?
Posted : 2007-01-28 14:56
Topic starter
Not L. A. Times~~!
I RECEIVED THIS ARTICLE VIA E-MAIL FROM FIRST SERGEANT JIM HEINE WHO LIVES IN KENTUCKY.... Hummmm must get around.
**GySgt [J.D.] MACK McKernan {Retired}**
{VMO-6, Quang Tri} **{Mar69-Mar70}**🙂
Posted : 2007-01-31 14:13
Mack
Try this:
You will have to cut and paste, but it was definetly LA Times.
Posted : 2007-01-31 17:15
Never mind kicking Iraqie Hinnie I want to kick this morons A$$.
Where in the world did he get the idea that the American Military lost the War in Vietnam.
How can you lose a war when there are no fighting men involved?
America may have lost the War but certainly not by it's Military.
Yogy "Dejavu all over again"
Posted : 2007-01-31 20:07
Jardo
What do you think about this?
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS LIST!
http://answer.pephost.org/site/News2?abbr=ANS_&page=NewsArticle&id=8137
March 17 -- March on Pentagon!: Time to Turn Up the Heat!
~ 40th anniversary of the historic 1967 march on the Pentagon ~
~ 4th anniversary of the start of the Iraq war ~
On March 17, 2007, the 4th anniversary of the start of the criminal invasion of Iraq, tens of thousands of people from around the country will descend on the Pentagon in a mass demonstration to demand: U.S. Out of Iraq Now! 2007 is the 40th anniversary of the historic 1967 anti-war march to the Pentagon during the Vietnam War. The message of the 1967 march was "From Protest to Resistance," and marked a turning point in the development of a countrywide mass movement.
In the coming days and weeks, thousands of organizations and individuals will begin mobilizing for the upcoming March on the Pentagon. Organizing committees and transportation centers are being established to bring people to the March on the Pentagon.
The March 17 demonstration will assemble at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Constitution Gardens) at 12 noon in Washington, D.C.and march to the Pentagon.
Posted : 2007-02-01 12:25
Same bad crap all over again
This country (us) made decision/commitment just like the commitment was made in 65. When quick easy solutions didn't work out the politicians and their weak knee'd support groups started this "pull out and quit" movement.
Should we have gone to either war in the first place? not an issue...we went in and we owe it to ourselves and more importatanly to our grandchildren to end this idea that we as a nation quit when things don't go as planed. I shudder to think of the # of our guys who ended up WIA or KIA because our enemy's were given hope of victory by our own protesters. Point being finish the job we started and then put procedures in place to make the right decisions about which wars we take on.
Posted : 2007-02-01 15:13
Larry
These pansies will be the first ones to pick up their skirts and scream “where is our military” if and when we’re attacked.:rolleyes:
What do you think these morons would do if a car bomb went off in their neighborhood?:rolleyes:
What do you think these idiots would do if they had no water or electricity for 6 months or no groceries in the stores?:rolleyes:
It’s easy to complain and protest when you can go home to a nice warm safe bed every night.
War is ugly and disgusting but if it has to be I’d rather do it on someone else’s playground.
😡
Posted : 2007-02-01 17:03
