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Ed Rasimus wrote: What did we get out of it? We changed the way we organize, train and fight our wars. We lost one F-105 for every 65 sorties over N. Vietnam in '66 and '67. We lost one fixed wing aircraft for every 3500 sorties during Desert Storm. We lost one fixed wing aircraft...period, in Iraqi Freedom for 16,500 sorties. We learned some lessons. Do you suppose the fact that Iraq didn't have the advantage of real-time super-power support (from the Soviets) in the form of arms, training, and "advisors" has anything to do with it? You might want to check out the equippage, advising, training and doctrine in place at the start of Desert Storm What part of "real-time" support, arming, training, and advisors do you not understand? ... before repeating that bit of revisionism. The only revisionism here are people trying to imply that battlefield opposition in Iraq was even a fraction of what existed in Vietnam (or Korea, for that matter) Some analysts even contend that the failure of Soviet militarysupport so clearly displayed contributed to the collapse of the SU. Some analysts also claim Elvis was hiding in the same rat hole with Saddam...but escaped. Gorbachev's glasnost/perestroika policies are the main reason the East Bloc collapsed. --Mike |
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