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Veterans Day
This year I honor all our veterans especially those forgotten and derided. Because of the failures of leadership they are blamed for political losses in the Congress and Whitehouse, their sacrifices and the sacrifices of their families are forgotten, even scorned.
Some 41 years ago I was on Army winter field maneuvers after 3 days out in sub zero weather I sustained a shattered left kneecap, it was -20F, I spent the night in misery until evacuated the next morning. It gave me tiny perspective to what the Korean Vets suffered.
Back on June 25, 1950 after the UN partition of Korea, the Soviet Union, China and the troops of North Korea invaded South Korea in bloody combat until the armistice was signed on July 27, 1953.
Those who served were maligned and treated as the losers by their fellow Americans, victims of the forgotten war.
KOREA
It seems that those Soldiers, Airmen and Marines who fought in Korea have been forgotten. Was it from the guilt of our leaders making United States Forces subservient to UN control and rules that tarnished the image of true heroes in a war that was never won, only ending in a negotiated stalemate, that plagues us today?
Being young enough to have known friends and relatives who served in both WWII and Korea has given me different perspective on how both groups were treated after the war. One uncle served in both WWII and Korea and received no respect from that second tour of duty. I served with two Korean vets in Vietnam who were outstanding, they kept us kids out of trouble, I wonder if they were also trying to win back some honor lost from their previous service.
VIETNAM
Members of our U.S. Marines took a tremendous pounding defending an outpost that was abandoned and destroyed so that 3 years later the invading NVA had an open path for advancement. Many in that hellhole suffered and died as well as those supplying them. Let's not forget their sacrifices or their hours of peril.
Forgotten too are the Brown water Navy and those small 4 man crews that couldn't fly away, they had to stay and toe to toe fight it out, hardly ever mentioned are the Mobile Riverine Forces, U.S. Army who fought alongside them. This is for you Ernie, it has been my pleasure to know you.
Many of the fighting forces on the ground, infantry, artillery, attack helicopters, close air support aircraft owe their success to those who let it all hang out supplying their water, food, munitions, fuel and heavy ordinance. The supply troops, yeah those REMF's who weren't so REMF.
All those who served in that hell called Vietnam then came home to be shunned by their home town folks, to be spat on, cursed and shunned. They were denied employment for both serving and not yet serving, but the worst was the label leveled upon them by Senator John Kerry and his Winter Soldiers, labels that denigrated them and stole their honor. Lies spread by the media that were never retracted.
FOR THE GIRLS'
How about those truly forgotten heroes that are all but overlooked as veterans, how honoring those who have served in the past as well as those serving now. Thank you ladies.
One of my heroes has always been Col Maggie, she served the troops as a nurse as well as an entertainer, one of many who volunteered to go to dangerous areas to support the troops, I'm blessed to know this one.
These ladies sacrificed too, they suffered casualties and experienced the same mental anguish as their combat counterparts. 59 civilian women died and 8 military women died in Vietnam for a total of 67. One of those. as hospital worker, died on my shift, lst. Lt. Sharon Ann Lane, she was struck down early on June 8, 1969 by those vigilant observers of the Geneva Convention and friends of John Kerry and Jane Fonda, when they shelled the 312th Evac hospital. All these women deserve the same honors as any veteran. Civilian or Military, they gave their all in service to this great nation.
NEVER FORGET
Don't let our current fighting forces face that same stolen honor, we owe them our freedom.
Nakba
Happy 60th Birthday Israel
Following World War II, the British relinquished their mandate of Palestine and turned control over to the the UN, whereby the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs.
Seems that partitioning is what the UN does best besides propping up despots and tinpan dictators.
Before World War II, Haganah had been, from the British viewpoint, a terrorist organization that used violence to defend the Jewish Agency. Haganah attacked Palestinian Arabs and aspects of British rule in Palestine. By the time Israel had gained its independence, Haganah was effectively the army for Israel.
Many members of Haganah had gained military experience during World War Two, ironically fighting for the same British military that they had been attacking before the war.
In fact, Israel had internal problems regardless of what was happening on its borders. The regular army had to be used to disband Irgun and the Stern Gang. Both of these had been classed as terrorist organizations by the British in pre-war Palestine.
David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister and Defence Minister wanted the Israeli army to remain non-political and using a combination of diplomacy and force, he removed both groups as a threat. The leaders of both groups were arrested but members of them did join the army.
At the height of the 1948 War,Israel’s army numbered 100,000. Israel was attacked on the same day it gained its independence – May 14th.
The armies of Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq attacked Israel. With such a combined force attacking Israel, few would have given the new country any chance of survival.
Though the attack on Israel was a surprise one, Israel was surprisingly well equipped at a military level. The country had a navy and many in her army were experienced in combat as a result of World War Two. Israel had also bought three B-17 bombers in America on the black market. In July 1948, these were used to bomb the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars the Arab nations involved negotiated their own peace talks – a further sign that they were only united by their desire to attack Israel. Egypt signed a peace settlement in February 1949, and over the next few months Lebanon, Jordan and Syria did the same culminating in peace in July 1949. Iraq simply withdrew her forces but did not sign any peace settlement.
The 1948 war, which the Israelis referred to as the "War of Independence", claimed 6,000 Israeli lives – but this was only 1% of the nation’s population.
By the summer of 1949 there was no obvious leader in the Arab world who could head a campaign by the Arabs. Egypt seemed the most likely leader if only because of her size. However, the Egyptian Royal Family was far from popular and it was in this setting that Abdul Nasser rose to power.
The scene was set for almost perpetual conflict between the Arab nations and Israel that culminated in the 1956, 1967 and 1973 wars.
On 25 April 1982, Israel withdrew from the Sinai pursuant to the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. In keeping with the framework established at the Madrid Conference in October 1991, bilateral negotiations were conducted between Israel and Palestinian representatives and Syria to achieve a permanent settlement.
Israel and Palestinian officials signed on 13 September 1993 a Declaration of Principles (also known as the "Oslo Accords") guiding an interim period of Palestinian self-rule. Outstanding territorial and other disputes with Jordan were resolved in the 26 October 1994 Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace.
In addition, on 25 May 2000, Israel withdrew unilaterally from southern Lebanon, which it had occupied since 1982. In April 2003, US President BUSH, working in conjunction with the EU, UN, and Russia - the "Quartet" - took the lead in laying out a road map to a final settlement of the conflict by 2005, based on reciprocal steps by the two parties leading to two states, Israel and a democratic Palestine.
However, progress toward a permanent status agreement was undermined by Israeli-Palestinian violence between September 2003 and February 2005.
An Israeli-Palestinian agreement reached at Sharm al-Sheikh in February 2005, along with an internally-brokered Palestinian cease fire, significantly reduced the violence.
In the summer of 2005, Israel unilaterally disengaged from the Gaza Strip, evacuating settlers and its military while retaining control over most points of entry into the Gaza Strip. The election of HAMAS in January 2006 to head the Palestinian Legislative Council froze relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA).
Ehud Olmert became prime minister in March 2006; following an Israeli military operation in Gaza in June-July 2006 and a 34-day conflict with Hizballah in Lebanon in June-August 2006, Ehud Olmert shelved plans to unilaterally evacuate from most of the West Bank.
Ehud Olmert in June 2007 resumed talks with the PA after HAMAS seized control of the Gaza Strip and PA President Mahmoud Abbas formed a new government without HAMAS.
It has been a long bloody battle for Israel to maintain it's independence, it like the United States has it's enemies from within, appeasing the Arabs only begs for more appeasing, they only understand strength. Thank you Israel for being such a strong ally, you deserve better.
Happy 60th Independence Day