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Originally Posted by Jack Moroney
"An Enormous Crime:The definitive account of American POWs Abandoned in Southeast Asia" Authors: Former US Rep Bill Hendon (R-NC) and Elizabeth Stewart.
If you want a cholesterol clearing, absolutely depressing, maddening, enfuriating, book to read, read this. You know when you find a book that your just do not want to put down because you have to find out what the main character is going to do next? Well this is not one of those books. This is one of those books that you have to put down to reflect on what you just read. It is one of those books that you know you have to pick up and read but do not really want to know what you are going to read next. It is one of those books that absolutely convinces you that there are very few career politicians that are worthy of licking the sweat ring that forms on the leather of your jungle boots. It is one of those books that tells you exactly why those of us that "spent too much time with troops" hate those that sought and kept jobs in Washington, DC either within the bowels of the five-sided concrete sphincter or within the various agencies and departments. It is one of those books that will show you exactly why folks like Powell, McCain, Kerry, usw should never be CINC. It is a book that tells every person in uniform that you will be betrayed by civilian and military bureaucrats with special agendas that expect you to die to keep them in power. So if you are looking for a book to read, kicked back in your recliner while sipping an amber colored adult beverage to relax and sort of loose yourself in, do not read this book.
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Sir,
I remember this feeling from reading "Kiss the Boys Goodbye".
I had the honor of meeting MAJ Mark Smith when I was assigned to 5th.
He recounted betrayals that moved him to sue the president.
That was in 85-86.
And here we are.
Karl