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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
I don't have many problems with what we have done since Viet Nam with a few exceptions. Otherwise I agree.
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TheMercenary also approves of America abandoning American Marines on the island of Koh Tang in a misguided and poorly planned rescue of the Mayaguez. (Meanwhile the Mayaguez was not even there.) Or that Marines in Lebanon were not permitted to load their rifles even on guard duty outside that Marine Barracks where 200 were killed (more genius by Lt Col Oliver North). The car bomber drove right past Marine guards who had no loaded guns. Or the mining of Nicaragua where resulting international embarrassment forced the US to remove those mines. Tenth Mountain Division was not permitted to find bin Laden in Afghanistan. Why did we discover bin Laden in Tora Bora? CIA agents without orders sneaked into Tora Bora and found Al Qaeda hiding there. And still Americans did not go after bin Laden.
Actions approved by TheMercenary. America even disbanded Alex Station - the group tasked with getting bin Laden - in 2002. TheMercenary again approves. No wonder TheMercenary never asks, "When do we go after bin Laden?" TheMercenary even approves of protecting bin Laden.