We were told we needed to send troops to Vietnam. Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. Some may have become skeptical along the way.
Them Narco-Terrorists Are Not My Enemy
by Jacob G. Hornberger
December 10, 2025
“Recall what Muhammad Ali said about his refusal to be sent by the Pentagon to Vietnam against his will to kill people or be killed by them.”
On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) had questions: “If they’re armed, show us how they’re armed. If they’re not armed, explain to us why we kill people who are not armed.”
Source:
‘Explain to Us Why We Kill People Who Are Not Armed’
Jack Hunter – The American Conservative
Dec 9, 2025
Macho Swagger
Watch Secretary of War Pete Hegseth takes thrilling fighter jet ride with ‘Top-Gun’ pilots:
Since 1986 Top Gun:
The US Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911.
We haven’t won a war since.
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars. Is it understandable that young people and their parents and grandparents would take a dim view on all this?
Some Americans may be asking:
Did the advantage of US air power allow the undeclared wars in Iraq or Afghanistan to be prevented, won or shut down?
US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?
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Decades of events where records were sealed or redacted and files were kept secret