RE: Do you think American soldiers are put on too high of a pedestal
January 18, 2017 at 2:21 pm
(January 18, 2017 at 2:15 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:(January 18, 2017 at 2:15 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Not trying to be too politically correct about it. For example, pilots flying overhead would see the enemy, but because they were in a particular location or weren't particularly doing anything threatening, they weren't allowed to target them.
Erm...I wouldn't call things like rules of engagement or limits to what the military can do as being 'politically correct.'
The reason Vietnam was fought this way, was because video/cameras were starting to become popular, allowing people to see the effects of war and how horrible it is. The US government/leaders didn't want people to see how horrible it was so they half assed the war, setting all kinds of limitations and perimeters to the military that didn't make any sense, for the sake of saving their face. Partially by using agent orange... which at the end only made things worse.
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