Rising Dissent in the Military
I am not sure if I am in favor of this or not. At best I'd have to say I am ambivalent. I did several tours in SEA during the Vietnam period so I have some idea of what this is about.
Our men and women in arms are among the bravest of Americans and I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise that where our own country isn't acting in our best interests they would be the first to step up. After all they have sworn to protect us from without and from within. This tells us that people are rethinking the direction where the prior administration took us and are recognizing the flaw and perhaps uselesness of our foreign adventures. The use of force is only useful where you explicitly define the mission and can be sure of the outcome. This is especially true for tactical warfare such as we are engaged in. Afghanistan may have been viewed as strategic in the beginning but has undoubetdly become a tactical mission.
















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