Telling it like it is. A note to Liberals.

What a great post! I loved this article. You should advertise your site and get people up here to read.
I'm going to put you on my blog roll if you don't mind.
And, thank you for your service to our country.
My brother served in VN with the Marines.

I am old enough to recall the Black Carter days. It was the worst time for me and my family. Good lord, my ex husband was out of work for a year over the bad economy. We made it through but it was rough.

Pep

I wish I had wrote it, but it is the work of Jimmy L. Cash, Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.

All I did was copy, as it seemed to me also, one of those that everyone should read.

Arnie

I posted chapter 13 of my diary tonight. Come on over when you get a chance.

It is pieces like this that rob conservatives of any shred of credibility. This article is jam-packed with lies and falsehoods—what we military types like to call a target-rich environment.

To begin with, it was not Johnson that ordered the illegal bombing of Cambodia, but Nixon, yes, a Republican. Thus, it was Nixon, not Johnson, who lied to the American people. In fact, his administration was taken to court by (drum roll) a Congresswoman and four Air Force officers, represented by the ACLU to halt the illegal bombing. Here is his exact quote:

"There are no American combat troops in Cambodia. There are no American combat advisers in Cambodia. There will be no American combat troops or advisers in Cambodia. We will aid Cambodia. Cambodia is the Nixon doctrine in its purest form...." - President Richard M. Nixon, November 1971

By the way, we did not use F-4’s to bomb Cambodia; we used B-52’s. Yet another problem with this story.

Yes, the economy was in crisis while Carter was in office. But it was precipitated by the OPEC oil crisis in 1973 (while Nixon was still in office). Additionally, productivity had stagnated during the 1970s. The Federal deficit had grown, long before Carter took office. Carter inherited a bad economy and did not make it better. I think it was the Japanese kick the --- that got U.S. industry to focus more on quality and customers, as much as presidential leadership, that turned around the U.S. economy in the 80s.

As for military spending, that increase began two years before Carter left office. I think it is interesting that the General mentions the year 1986, because that is when spending began to taper off again.

He also fails to mention the largest draw-down post WWII occurred during the Bush I presidency, when Dick Cheney was Secretary of Defense.

Calling Clinton a draw-dodger when the current commander in chief effectively dodged Vietnam service is mystifying. Why do conservatives continue to defend the preferential treatment Bush received to get into the Guard, and then his failure to report for duty for two years? By the way, are you going to call Dick Cheney a draft dodger too? He got five educational deferments. Rumsfeld—never served. Wolfowitz—never served; both coasted on deferments.

Here another great lie: “THE LEFT HAS HISTORICALLY DISMANTLED OUR MILITARY IN THE NAME OF REDISTRUBITION OF WEALTH FAVORING SOCIAL PROGRAMS.”

Really? What programs is this guy talking about? Education. Que Lastima? Surely not Medicare or Medicaid—since I bet he receives Medicare. Hopefully not Social Security since he probably gets that too. If he does enjoy his Social Security, Medicare, and public education for his children he should thank a God-less liberal.

“On the home front this country's economy is the strongest that it has been in my lifetime. Interest rates are as low as they were when I was in high school forty years ago. Inflation does not exist for all practical purposes. For you youngster's, please remember the Jimmy Carter comments? The Dow is approaching 13,000. Unemployment is nonexistent. Wages are at an all time high. Home ownership is at an all time high. Taxes have been lowered to an almost acceptable level. Because of the surging economy the deficient is under control and projected to go away far ahead of schedule.”

During the nineties, when that Democrat Clinton was in office, the economy experienced it fastest post-war expansion ever. Crime rates dropped nationally. Teen pregnancies dropped, DWIs dropped. Unemployment reached historic lows. Home ownership in America reached historic highs. When Clinton left office there was a budget SURPLUS.

For the past 7 years Bush has cut taxes while pursuing a ruinous war in the Middle East. Consequently we now have a multi-billion dollar deficit. Crime is once again on the rise. The housing market slowed more than a year ago. There is a record number of foreclosures. Real wages, what the little guys take home, has remained stagnant. The gap between the richest Americans and poorest has not been this large since 1929. The economy barely registered any growth for the first quarter of 2007. This guy is not so big on facts is he? But then, he probably cannot be bothered with the truth either.

This Aggie general has heavy chips on his shoulder. He thinks like an outlaw & a ganster. He believes in "Might Makes Right." Apparently, the general is very proud of committing war crimes against humanity. What's new? That's history of America; America was founded by war and maintained herself through brutality, aggression and genocide against humanity. The Americans under Bush are committing bigger war crimes in Iraq as they did in Vietnam.

One day these outlaws like this general will come to their senses and face warcimes just as the Naziz did. Wake up general !

Iraq for Ever