Epstein Secrets

e Vietnam War, they were, at the small-unit level, well-trained and well-led. They were tactically proficient and generally enjoyed good morale. In Vietnam, Chuck Hagel, now the secretary of defense, served as an acting first sergeant of an infantry company when he had been in the Army for less than tw

st Channel at Foreignpolicy.com. Anicic 4. The Washington Post Can the military learn from its mistakes? Thomas E. Ricks After the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army soberly examined where it had fallen short. That critical appraisal laid the groundwork for the military's extraordinary rebuilding in the 1970s an

he realm of the absurd. "Syria," he argues, "has been one of the great fiascoes of post- World War II American foreign policy." Really? Do the words Vietnam or Iraq mean anything to him? In fact he argues that, "the result of this U.S. inaction [in Syria] is a disaster." Whatever else it is, the cause

Democrats and Republicans, polls show. There has been surprisingly little outcry against the proposed defense cuts, which would reduce the size of the U.S. Army to its lowest levels since 1940. That's because people are no longer sure military might gets you very much. These shifts are not just a result of

do is put truth serum in the reporters’ drinks” --was omitted. They had beaten me at my own game. The Yippies were inspired by the Buddhist monk in Vietnam who set himself on fire in order to call attention to the war. The photo of that incident traveled around the globe, and | wore a lapel button which

mportees had become entrenched in a slew of American niche communities, | published the first issue of 7he Realist, including a cartoon that depicted the U.S. Army Guided Missile Research Center with a sign in the window, He/p Wanted. A couple of scientists are standing in front of that building, and one is sayi

U.S. to win a gold medal in the 1972 Olympics. Died Oct. 3. Vo Nguyen Giap, 102. The North Vietnamese general whose fighters drove the French out of Vietnam in 1954, then served as commander-in-chief against U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. Died Oct. 4. Ovadia Yosef, 93. An ultra-Orthodox rabbi who ga

USE_OVERSIGHT_013302 --- PAGE BREAK --- John S.D. Eisenhower, 91. The son of former U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, he was a brigadier general in the U.S. Army Reserve, wrote books on military history and was appointed ambassador to Belgium by President Richard Nixon in 1969. Died Dec. 21. Edgar M. Bronfman