B-Man Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 The U.S. Suffered Its Worst Airpower Loss Since Vietnam Last Week and No One Really Noticed The Taliban attack on an air base in southern Afghanistan on Friday drew coverage for the way the insurgents cloaked themselves in U.S. army uniforms to gain a tactical advantage, but few have taken note of the historical proportions of the damage inflicted. John Gresham, at the Defense Media Network, has published a detailed account of the attack on Camp Bastion, in which two Marines were killed, six U.S. Marine Corps jet fighters were destroyed, and two more "significantly" damaged. Those facts were all carried in most reports, but if that just sounds like a typical damage report from a decade-long war, you're wrong. Gresham explains the devastating damage done to VMA-211, the name of the Marine Corps attack squadron that was most affected last week, noting that it is "arguably the worst day in [u.S. Marine Corps] aviation history since the Tet Offensive of 1968." Or you could go back even further. "The last time VMA-211 was combat ineffective was in December 1941, when the squadron was wiped out during the 13-day defense of Wake Island against the Japanese." ...does it need to be said just how the media would have handled this under a Republican administration?... http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/09/us-suffered-its-worst-airpower-loss-vietnam-last-week-and-no-one-really-noticed/57139/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whateverdude Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 If you have the Obama trifecta of Money, pop culture and media no negative messages will stick. Expect Obama to run for a third term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Mitt Romney owns a horse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 ...does it need to be said just how the media would have handled this under a Republican administration?... http://www.theatlant...-noticed/57139/ Comparing that to the defense of Wake is completely asinine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 Comparing that to the defense of Wake is completely asinine. Picking that one part of the report (in which multiple aircraft were destroyed) as some sort of significant comment is also asinine. C'mon Tom, get out of the balcony and into the game. This evry side is wrong schtick is old................................you're like Adam, but with an attitude (and a thesaurus) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Picking that one part of the report (in which multiple aircraft were destroyed) as some sort of significant comment is also asinine. C'mon Tom, get out of the balcony and into the game. This evry side is wrong schtick is old................................you're like Adam, but with an attitude (and a thesaurus) . No, it's asinine to compare combat losses to non-combat losses, and to do so in a way that purposefully invokes an equivalence to World War II. That kind of writing is nothing more than pablum for the simple-minded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 No, it's asinine to compare combat losses to non-combat losses, and to do so in a way that purposefully invokes an equivalence to World War II. That kind of writing is nothing more than pablum for the simple-minded. Well, I'm sure that you will continue to post as you want, but one would wish that you would comment more on the subject of the thread (in this and all the others) rather than just nitpick on the writer's skills (or lack of) Two marines were killed in this attack, that should certainly qualify it as "combat" The American media has not shown any interest in the destruction of 8 fighter jets, an almost unfathomable occurrence............EXCEPT during a dem president re-election campaign. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Well, I'm sure that you will continue to post as you want, but one would wish that you would comment more on the subject of the thread (in this and all the others) rather than just nitpick on the writer's skills (or lack of) Two marines were killed in this attack, that should certainly qualify it as "combat" The American media has not shown any interest in the destruction of 8 fighter jets, an almost unfathomable occurrence............EXCEPT during a dem president re-election campaign. . You're a very silly boy, and I'm not talking to you anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 You're a very silly boy, and I'm not talking to you anymore. Well...............................bye. I have to throw in a Tombstone reference, when the opportunity presents itself. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck_dodgers007 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 [/b ...does it need to be said just how the media would have handled this under a Republican administration?... http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/09/us-suffered-its-worst-airpower-loss-vietnam-last-week-and-no-one-really-noticed/57139/ So the media reported it but not as the greatest disaster ever so you are angry? This is suppose to show Obama bad? Wha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 So the media reported it but not as the greatest disaster ever so you are angry? This is suppose to show Obama bad? Wha? No cognition skills at all................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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