My wife and I were trying to think of a worse disaster militarily since the Tet Offensive (which the NVA still got their shit pushed in but then the press ran their mouths and lost the war) and we've come up with one.
The Beirut Barracks Bombing. The local commander wanted blockades for the entry because intel said there was some shit coming. The CIA told the State Department that nothing was happening, the State Department refused, and a bunch of jar heads got ganked.
BUT, people took responsibility, rules and doctrine changed, heads rolled.
We thought about Somalia, but when that went down, everything went live and guys were chomping on the bit to go in and fuck shit up. Clinton pulled us out because he felt there wasn't anything there worth one more American life, and only 9 were killed.
This is unprecedented.
The Commanding Generals are all desk polishing lifer scum that I wouldn't trust to run an orgy in a women's prison with a fist full of pardons.
The VP is a cackling witch who may or may not have Tourettes.
The President is busy shitting himself while his wife handles his calls.
The House is busy celebrating women's day or some shit.
We've got dead on the ground, we're welding the gates shut, and all they can do is PR spin.
So I ask you, my fellow wounded vets... do you feel as angry at what the government has allowed our military to become?