Actually it was J. Kennedy who started the whole mess, but he did have plans to try to minimize it. OF course with his team of Advisers who thought they where smarter than everyone else I doubt they’d have been able to keep a lid on it. But you are right, the Dem’s start almost every piece of garbage that they don’t know how to manage. And the Republicans get blamed for it. It’s called a “free Media”. Or as most of us call it- the propaganda wing of the DemoKratic Party.
Actually, we were unofficially involved in Viet Nam as early as 1950 when a MAAG group was created to screen requests from the French and supply equipment, supplies and train South Vietnamese soldiers. This countered Sino-Soviet aid to North Vietnam. There were other undercover activities there via the CIA and some elements of our 7th fleet. In May 1956, President Eisenhower publicly gave his support to Ngo Dinh Diem and South Viet Nam. John Kennedy, then a senator, supported Eisenhower. From that was born the so called Domino Theory that Robert McNamara loved so well and from there things just escalated, through both of our political parties, until what happened, happened. From operating between Chu Lai and the DMZ, in 1965, I managed to be a participant in what happened and it took me a number of years to finally come to grips with it after I came back home. Eventually, I returned to SE Asia, to live, and only recently came back to the U.S. because of a disability that can better be treated here. Now, however, we are faced with having Obamacare inflicted on us. That will mean I probably won’t get the care I need here either so maybe I’ll go back and live somewhere in SE Asia again.
Doubly relevant today. K-Mart announced the return of Blue Light specials starting today. They were discontinued in 1991. And Elvis vs. Michael Jackson? Well heck there’s a a couple years of material and a good reason for Breathed to pick up the pen again!
CIA, Air America, heroin from the Golden Triangle. Allen and his brother, John Foster Dulles and their secret police of the world; it’s all grown into the Secret Teams and Off-The-Shelf Operations we see (more accurately, don’t see) today, kicking over the traces wherever they go. Secrecy allows you so much more freedom for ugliness of the soul. Strong sunshine is still the best disinfectant.
Sisyphos over 15 years ago
Uh, Opus? –You may have blown the whole scheme for the sake of a K-Mart Special!
wndrwrthg over 15 years ago
It’s that damned blue light, so mesmerizing.
GJ_Jehosaphat over 15 years ago
How about them “Blue Suede Shoes” on a Blue Light Special at K-Mart! I’m A Big Time Elvis Fan!
bmwk12ltc over 15 years ago
Actually it was J. Kennedy who started the whole mess, but he did have plans to try to minimize it. OF course with his team of Advisers who thought they where smarter than everyone else I doubt they’d have been able to keep a lid on it. But you are right, the Dem’s start almost every piece of garbage that they don’t know how to manage. And the Republicans get blamed for it. It’s called a “free Media”. Or as most of us call it- the propaganda wing of the DemoKratic Party.
lewisbower over 15 years ago
JFK got us in as advisers LBJ escalated this advice Nixon dropped 10’000 tons of advice on our allies daily
jrbj over 15 years ago
Actually, we were unofficially involved in Viet Nam as early as 1950 when a MAAG group was created to screen requests from the French and supply equipment, supplies and train South Vietnamese soldiers. This countered Sino-Soviet aid to North Vietnam. There were other undercover activities there via the CIA and some elements of our 7th fleet. In May 1956, President Eisenhower publicly gave his support to Ngo Dinh Diem and South Viet Nam. John Kennedy, then a senator, supported Eisenhower. From that was born the so called Domino Theory that Robert McNamara loved so well and from there things just escalated, through both of our political parties, until what happened, happened. From operating between Chu Lai and the DMZ, in 1965, I managed to be a participant in what happened and it took me a number of years to finally come to grips with it after I came back home. Eventually, I returned to SE Asia, to live, and only recently came back to the U.S. because of a disability that can better be treated here. Now, however, we are faced with having Obamacare inflicted on us. That will mean I probably won’t get the care I need here either so maybe I’ll go back and live somewhere in SE Asia again.
bmwk12ltc over 15 years ago
JRBJ thank you for your service. Best wishes on your future.
Guilden_NL over 15 years ago
Doubly relevant today. K-Mart announced the return of Blue Light specials starting today. They were discontinued in 1991. And Elvis vs. Michael Jackson? Well heck there’s a a couple years of material and a good reason for Breathed to pick up the pen again!
yyyguy over 15 years ago
i liked the fact that it was only after “many hours of intense chemical analysis” that they read the monogram on the paper.
bashar327 over 15 years ago
Guh guh guh guh, them Dukes!
Sherlock Watson over 15 years ago
“The Dukes of Hazzard” started in 1979, and Elvis had died in 1977. Bit of a discrepancy.
pbarnrob over 15 years ago
CIA, Air America, heroin from the Golden Triangle. Allen and his brother, John Foster Dulles and their secret police of the world; it’s all grown into the Secret Teams and Off-The-Shelf Operations we see (more accurately, don’t see) today, kicking over the traces wherever they go. Secrecy allows you so much more freedom for ugliness of the soul. Strong sunshine is still the best disinfectant.