Message from discussion Midshipman's Hope

From: felt...@azstarnet.com (Dave Felts)
Subject: Re: Midshipman's Hope
Date: 1996/02/07
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Leland Krueger <l...@techapp.com> wrote:




>Interesting.  I went through Air Force basic about five years ago
>and the details in the PFE were not presented this way.  Rolling Thunder
>was written off as having little to no impact and Linebacker I & II
>were credited only with getting the North Vietnamese to the negotiating
>table.  The main thing emphasized was the Air Force learning the value
>of operational and communication security.

True, as well as being the first engament to seriously employ
precision guided munitions. At Squadron Officer's Scholl they kept
emphasizing the helplessnes of the Vietnamese and how we could bomb
them at will. When I asked why, if that was true, we negotiated a
settlement that basically had us as the losers no one really had the
answer. (Shut up and color Capt Felts)

And. for Mr. Fientuch's benefit, I suppose we could compare the Fish's
guerilla (sp?) tactics to those of the Vietcong. On one side his navy
with superior technology and technical superiority, on the other side
the Fish, exploiting the natural environment (which is thier own) to
their advantage.  

How's that Mr. Fientuch? :)


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