Dumaguete Info Search


The Falls

Discussion in 'Military and Veterans' started by PatO, Aug 17, 2021.

  1. Obliged Friend

    Obliged Friend DI Forum Adept Veteran Army

    Messages:
    490
    Trophy Points:
    201
    Ratings:
    +288 / 77
    Blood Type:
    O-
    During my military career was trained in IMET and FMS. That’s International Military Education & Training and Foreign Military Sales. Was assigned to Central Command and deployed to an Embassy in East Africa.

    Was not involved in hands on training but did the paperwork to start the training and education programs.

    I completely understand what the instructors in Afghanistan endured.
     
    • Like Like x 1
  2. Obliged Friend

    Obliged Friend DI Forum Adept Veteran Army

    Messages:
    490
    Trophy Points:
    201
    Ratings:
    +288 / 77
    Blood Type:
    O-
    Senator John Cornyn sent a Twitter message that the US has 30,000 soldiers in Taiwan. That’s why China started the military exercise today.
     
    • Like Like x 1
    • Informative Informative x 1
  3. Notmyrealname

    Notmyrealname DI Forum Luminary Highly Rated Poster Showcase Reviewer

    Messages:
    4,918
    Trophy Points:
    386
    Ratings:
    +5,588 / 2,888
    Well, of course I am not going to disagree with your statements about other countries participating - you were there.

    But why was it your war? Because of the attack on 9/11? An attack on a NATO member, an attack created from a country harbouring dangerous terrorists, a World threat. I think, if so, then it was a war of the US, other Nato members and the Free World.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  4. OP
    OP
    PatO

    PatO DI Forum Luminary Highly Rated Poster Showcase Reviewer Veteran Marines

    Messages:
    6,071
    Trophy Points:
    451
    Ratings:
    +4,532 / 1,016
    Russia had a nine year war with Afghanistan, ending in 1989. Russia couldn’t win then so what made the US think they could win? The US was involved enough in that war that they should have been able to see that to spend 20 yrs, thousands of lives, billions of dollars would be foolish and embarrassing.
     
  5. Pedro

    Pedro DI Senior Member Showcase Reviewer Veteran Navy

    Messages:
    847
    Trophy Points:
    179
    Occupation:
    Programmer, Photographer and Web Developer
    Location:
    Florida and Dumaguete
    Ratings:
    +73 / 5
    Who was the US President then? He wasn't exactly a genius.
     
  6. Show Pony

    Show Pony DI Forum Patron Highly Rated Poster Showcase Reviewer

    Messages:
    1,533
    Trophy Points:
    371
    Ratings:
    +2,367 / 1,258
    That would have been George W Bush. He had some bad advisors namely Cheney and Rumsfeld. They were the same a$$hats that got the war in Iraq started with their BS about weapons of mass destruction.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  7. OP
    OP
    PatO

    PatO DI Forum Luminary Highly Rated Poster Showcase Reviewer Veteran Marines

    Messages:
    6,071
    Trophy Points:
    451
    Ratings:
    +4,532 / 1,016
    Cheney = defence contracts
     
  8. Notmyrealname

    Notmyrealname DI Forum Luminary Highly Rated Poster Showcase Reviewer

    Messages:
    4,918
    Trophy Points:
    386
    Ratings:
    +5,588 / 2,888
    Oh yes - that man with his finger on the nuclear button but was unable to pronounce 'nuclear' correctly.
     
Loading...