seldom_seen wrote:
Does anyone else recognize this language, and get a bit of a chill
from it?

"We provided advisors, in particular fire control and forward air
controllers, to the Northern Alliance. The US did not command the
unit nor have control over the action of its troops."

Hint: Think 1965.

Yep, I couldn't help but make the same connection.

I already wondered these past couple of days if we're going to see
similar pictures of helicopters being pushed off aircraft carrier decks
to make room for more helicopters flying in from the mainland as the US
and British troops along with their local henchmen retreat from Iraq.

What a mess.

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