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Subject: Let's Be Specific Jimmy L Cash Brig.Gen. Retired USAF
I have checked this through Dr. Snoops and find nothing to discredit the piece.
There is a Jimmy L. Cash - Class of '62 from A&M - Retired Air Force - Last assignment prior to retirement was HDQs NORAD - Peterson AFB Colorado. (Source - Texas A&M University Directory of Former Students, 1998)
Retired General Tells It Like It Is Friday, February 09, 2007
"Let's Be Specific"
Due to the thunderous applause received from the far-left over the "I Am Tired" letter written by one of our troops in Iraq , I thought it prudent to follow up with one last attempt to be very specific about what I have observed and actually personally encountered during my 36 years of service to this Great Country. Unlike Bob McClellan, I will not continue to whine, twist and degrade our country's leaders on a weekly basis.
Instead, this will be a one time input attempting to reach some of those who are confused by McClellan and his ilk's unethical rantings and give some insight through my personal experience as a professional military officer over the years. These examples are but a few. In real life there were many more which space and time will not allow.
As a young fighter pilot, flying F-4s in Vietnam , I was stopped in my tracks by the decisions made by Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara. I was young and naive, but even then I knew their daily interference was wrong and would not allow us to win this thing and go home.
Decisions like not allowing us to strike enemy aircraft while still on the ground, keeping real targets off the target list, and allowing us to strike only rusted-out trucks made us basically a toothpick factory. However, the big one for me came the day I saw the President Lyndon Johnson on television, forcefully lying to the American people.
I'll never forget the language, "I want to assure the American people that the United States of America has never, and will never, bomb or use force inside the borders of Cambodia ". On and on he disavowed the reports that this was happening. I was amazed. Guess where I had put several F-4 loads of 750 pound general purpose bombs every day for the past five days. You guessed it, Cambodia !!! So much for Mr. Johnson. The only question in my mind was simply, "Was it just Johnson or was it the methodology of a particular political party?" I decided to delay answering that question until more experience was gained.
Years passed, and I ignored politics as much as possible, as a good military man should. Then came Jimmy Carter. Our young people don't remember 21% interest rates and 18% inflation, but I'll bet someone in your family does. That is one really bad thing Carter did for our country, but it is not the worst.
During this period, I was an F-15 Squadron Commander, located at Langley AFB, VA. Jimmy Carter and his democratic party stopped spare parts procurement for almost every weapon system in our military, and diverted the funds to social programs. The F-15 was brand new at the time with leading edge technology designed to provide air superiority anywhere in the world on a moments notice. That was my job. I loved it, but guess what? In a two year period from 1979 to
1981, there was not one day when more that one-third of my assigned aircraft were flyable. It is amazing the lengths we went to in those days, cannibalizing parts, expending twice the time and energy to fix every little item, and still two-thirds of the birds were always broken because of no spare parts. Had this country faced a really serious military threat during that time frame, only Montana Hunters could have saved us. The military had some equipment, but it was all broken.
Do you want to know the really bad part for me and the young fighter pilots working for me? Our flying sortie rate was so low that pilot proficiency dropped to dangerous levels. The accident rate tripled. That obviously was totally unacceptable, as we were losing expensive airplanes and highly trained young pilots at a rate comparable to losses seen in actual combat. All of a sudden, even a Texas Aggie like me began to see a trend.
Forward a few years to 1986. I am an F-16 Wing Commander at MacDill AFB, Florida, and Ronald Regan is president. His change in attitude and policy toward the military had time to fix the spare parts problem. We were flying 26,000 flying sorties per year out of MacDill AFB, my aircraft fully mission capable rate (FMC) was above
90%, the aircraft accident rate was below 1.75 per hundred thousand flying hours, fighter pilots were flying and proficiency levels were at an all time high. The United States Air Force was ready to defend this Wonderful Country. Proof of the pudding is simple.
Look what the USAF, and the military in general, accomplished in Iraq during Desert Storm. And, they did it in less than 100 hours. Yeah, at this point I was starting to realize there was a difference in mentality between Democrats and Republicans, or should I say, the Right and the Left.
Then, came everyone favorite---Bill Clinton. If there ever was an individual 180 degrees out of sync with the ideals and the values of the US military, it was Clinton . He was a known draft dodger, military hating, self absorbed, unspeakingly shameless and immoral individual, who the Left managed to elect President of the United States of America. Clinton 's antics in the White House would have brought court martial, conviction, and Dishonorable Discharge had he been an actual military member, and not our "Commander-in- Chief"!! We still suffer oral sex on school buses, because the President told the world it wasn't real sex, and some of our children believed him. It took a lot of years, but now I became absolutely certain!
There is a big difference in the right and the left on all fronts, and for the first time I started feeling angry and shamed that a majority of the American people had actually willing to vote for such an man!
Sometimes, an abstract such as the following tells the story in very simple terms: Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, Former President Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Former Sandy "the Thief" Berger, Gov. Howard Dean, Former President Bill Clinton, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Michael Moore, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, "The Dixie Chicks", Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Barbra Boxer, Sen. John Kerry, Sen. Joe Biden, Sen. ##### Durban, Rep. John Murtha, Benedict Arnold, and the list goes on.
America , wake up! Continue giving in to the likes of these Scoundrels, and Abraham Lincoln's prophecy of destruction from within just may come true. There is not a country in the world that can be considered a conventional military threat to the United States today. However, this country faces a new kind of threat--- one that will not go away. It's a threat even MORE SERIOUS than that of WWII, because neither money, industry nor technology will defeat it.
It is a threat of defeat from within. It is not a threat of a faltering economy because of a lack of resources, nor even the simple threat of such a loss brought on by terrorism. It is a threat created by the American people trusting the cowardly inept.. It is a threat created by the people wanting change, and perilously believing that the gutless left can successfully deliver that change. Have you seen anything from the left that remotely resembles an answer to the Iraq situation? Have you seen anything more than continued Bush-Bashing? Is that an answer? If there was ever a need for a strong, well trained military, it is now.
THE LEFT HAS HISTORICALLY DISMANTLED OUR MILITARY IN THE NAME OF REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH FAVORING SOCIAL PROGRAMS We just cannot afford to let that happen again, most assuredly NOW!! If we do, the entire country will be bowing to the east several times a day within
50 years, maybe sooner. Do ALL you Christians hear me? If you are the least bit skeptical, just look at the trends in France , Germany , and the United Kingdom , today!!!
Now, a final thought meant to upset as many as possible on the far- left. As you might guess, I don't believe in political correctness. So, let's look at the FACTS, not far-left rhetoric attempting to empower the democratic party.
Initially, I was not a George Bush fan; I am not even a Republican. I normally vote Republican, because of my total despise of Communism, Socialism and the far-left agenda in this country. I am a Conservative. However, during his watch, I feel President Bush just happened to stumble upon the leading edge of the greatest threat this country has ever faced. There is No question mistakes have been made in this war! Mistakes have been made in EVERY war! But, these were honest mistakes due to the new and unique aspects of the threat. Overall, the President has done a superb job dealing with the threat, while at the same time holding off the constant ranting, raving, deceitful and malicious escapades of the far-left attempting to regain political power. However, with the able assistance of the Main-stream Media in the world, it worked. The American people put those scoundrels back in power, and in just weeks, they have begun their attacks on the Military.
IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER AND BACK OUR PRESIDENT, IT IS RIGHT NOW. WITHOUT CONSENSUS WE ARE EMPOWERING THE TERRORIST!!!! The far-left is totally absorbed with the power struggle and regaining control of congress. They could care less about defeating the threat. It literally disgusts me to hear the constant disagreement with everything the President tries to do, all in the name of trying to make him (and, all Conservatives) look as bad as possible before 2008. Unfortunately, by the time the American people really appreciate how bad the far- left really is, it may well be too late. And, the far left will blame the disaster they create on President Bush!
What are the REAL FACTS? This country's economy is the strongest that it has been in my lifetime. Interest rates are as low as they were when I was in high school forty years ago. Inflation does not exist for all practical purposes. For you youngster's, please remember the Jimmy Carter comments? The Dow is approaching 13,000. Unemployment is nonexistent. Wages are at an all time high. Home ownership is at an all time high. Taxes have been lowered to an almost acceptable level. Because of the surging economy the deficit is under control, and projected to go away far ahead of schedule. The far-left is rich beyond its wildest dreams, so Mr.President when are you going to "fix" all these domestic problems?
This country has not been touched since 2001. I remember being part of a seminar at the USAF War College in 1983 discussing the terrorist threat. There were some good minds at that table and a lot of disagreement. However, one common thought was that the US would be hit within the next five years.. Answers to the terrorist threat were just as hard to come by then as they are now. Well, it took a little longer than the projection, but the attack occurred. For an old military guy like me, the main point here is that it has not happened again. We have suckered the bad guys into entering the fight somewhere other than in our country. To hell with political correctness. The President can't say this, but I sure can.
I smile every morning when I get up and realize that one of our great cities has not been blown away, or poisoned. And, there is zero doubt in my mind that if we pull out of Iraq prematurely, that will happen within a short period of time after our departure. I don't care what you might think of President Bush personally. He has done the best he can with what he had, and this country is not smoking because of it. So, back off McLean and McClellan. You honestly don't have a clue about what you are talking about.. Call me, and I will tell you what I really think.
I realize there are different points of view on war, and I do not believe the meek will inherit the earth, at least not in the next few hundred years. To those like McClellan, McLean, poor Eve Kyes and Sinowa Cruz let me say, "This is a strong country!!!" It has survived the uneducated thinking of the far-left before, and I'll just bet it will again.
Regardless of who is President, the people will not tolerate mass explosions on a daily basis, as our good friends in Israel have been forced to do. To protect that position of power, even Hillary will be forced to become a true hawk. To guarantee a few more votes Ted Kennedy may be forced to begin supporting a strong military. One more attack on America might even wipe the giddy,'I-am-finally- somebody' grin from Nancy Pelosi's face, and make her realize that it is not about votes and personal power. IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING THIS GREAT COUNTRY FROM ALL ENEMIES, BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
Jimmy L. Cash, Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.
"Victory at all cost. Victory in spite of all terror. Victory no matter how long and how hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival" Winston Churchill May 13, 1940
Thanks,
I have checked this through Dr. Snoops and find nothing to discredit the piece.
There is a Jimmy L. Cash - Class of '62 from A&M - Retired Air Force - Last assignment prior to retirement was HDQs NORAD - Peterson AFB Colorado. (Source - Texas A&M University Directory of Former Students, 1998)
Retired General Tells It Like It Is Friday, February 09, 2007
"Let's Be Specific"
Due to the thunderous applause received from the far-left over the "I Am Tired" letter written by one of our troops in Iraq , I thought it prudent to follow up with one last attempt to be very specific about what I have observed and actually personally encountered during my 36 years of service to this Great Country. Unlike Bob McClellan, I will not continue to whine, twist and degrade our country's leaders on a weekly basis.
Instead, this will be a one time input attempting to reach some of those who are confused by McClellan and his ilk's unethical rantings and give some insight through my personal experience as a professional military officer over the years. These examples are but a few. In real life there were many more which space and time will not allow.
As a young fighter pilot, flying F-4s in Vietnam , I was stopped in my tracks by the decisions made by Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara. I was young and naive, but even then I knew their daily interference was wrong and would not allow us to win this thing and go home.
Decisions like not allowing us to strike enemy aircraft while still on the ground, keeping real targets off the target list, and allowing us to strike only rusted-out trucks made us basically a toothpick factory. However, the big one for me came the day I saw the President Lyndon Johnson on television, forcefully lying to the American people.
I'll never forget the language, "I want to assure the American people that the United States of America has never, and will never, bomb or use force inside the borders of Cambodia ". On and on he disavowed the reports that this was happening. I was amazed. Guess where I had put several F-4 loads of 750 pound general purpose bombs every day for the past five days. You guessed it, Cambodia !!! So much for Mr. Johnson. The only question in my mind was simply, "Was it just Johnson or was it the methodology of a particular political party?" I decided to delay answering that question until more experience was gained.
Years passed, and I ignored politics as much as possible, as a good military man should. Then came Jimmy Carter. Our young people don't remember 21% interest rates and 18% inflation, but I'll bet someone in your family does. That is one really bad thing Carter did for our country, but it is not the worst.
During this period, I was an F-15 Squadron Commander, located at Langley AFB, VA. Jimmy Carter and his democratic party stopped spare parts procurement for almost every weapon system in our military, and diverted the funds to social programs. The F-15 was brand new at the time with leading edge technology designed to provide air superiority anywhere in the world on a moments notice. That was my job. I loved it, but guess what? In a two year period from 1979 to
1981, there was not one day when more that one-third of my assigned aircraft were flyable. It is amazing the lengths we went to in those days, cannibalizing parts, expending twice the time and energy to fix every little item, and still two-thirds of the birds were always broken because of no spare parts. Had this country faced a really serious military threat during that time frame, only Montana Hunters could have saved us. The military had some equipment, but it was all broken.
Do you want to know the really bad part for me and the young fighter pilots working for me? Our flying sortie rate was so low that pilot proficiency dropped to dangerous levels. The accident rate tripled. That obviously was totally unacceptable, as we were losing expensive airplanes and highly trained young pilots at a rate comparable to losses seen in actual combat. All of a sudden, even a Texas Aggie like me began to see a trend.
Forward a few years to 1986. I am an F-16 Wing Commander at MacDill AFB, Florida, and Ronald Regan is president. His change in attitude and policy toward the military had time to fix the spare parts problem. We were flying 26,000 flying sorties per year out of MacDill AFB, my aircraft fully mission capable rate (FMC) was above
90%, the aircraft accident rate was below 1.75 per hundred thousand flying hours, fighter pilots were flying and proficiency levels were at an all time high. The United States Air Force was ready to defend this Wonderful Country. Proof of the pudding is simple.
Look what the USAF, and the military in general, accomplished in Iraq during Desert Storm. And, they did it in less than 100 hours. Yeah, at this point I was starting to realize there was a difference in mentality between Democrats and Republicans, or should I say, the Right and the Left.
Then, came everyone favorite---Bill Clinton. If there ever was an individual 180 degrees out of sync with the ideals and the values of the US military, it was Clinton . He was a known draft dodger, military hating, self absorbed, unspeakingly shameless and immoral individual, who the Left managed to elect President of the United States of America. Clinton 's antics in the White House would have brought court martial, conviction, and Dishonorable Discharge had he been an actual military member, and not our "Commander-in- Chief"!! We still suffer oral sex on school buses, because the President told the world it wasn't real sex, and some of our children believed him. It took a lot of years, but now I became absolutely certain!
There is a big difference in the right and the left on all fronts, and for the first time I started feeling angry and shamed that a majority of the American people had actually willing to vote for such an man!
Sometimes, an abstract such as the following tells the story in very simple terms: Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, Former President Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Former Sandy "the Thief" Berger, Gov. Howard Dean, Former President Bill Clinton, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Michael Moore, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, "The Dixie Chicks", Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Barbra Boxer, Sen. John Kerry, Sen. Joe Biden, Sen. ##### Durban, Rep. John Murtha, Benedict Arnold, and the list goes on.
America , wake up! Continue giving in to the likes of these Scoundrels, and Abraham Lincoln's prophecy of destruction from within just may come true. There is not a country in the world that can be considered a conventional military threat to the United States today. However, this country faces a new kind of threat--- one that will not go away. It's a threat even MORE SERIOUS than that of WWII, because neither money, industry nor technology will defeat it.
It is a threat of defeat from within. It is not a threat of a faltering economy because of a lack of resources, nor even the simple threat of such a loss brought on by terrorism. It is a threat created by the American people trusting the cowardly inept.. It is a threat created by the people wanting change, and perilously believing that the gutless left can successfully deliver that change. Have you seen anything from the left that remotely resembles an answer to the Iraq situation? Have you seen anything more than continued Bush-Bashing? Is that an answer? If there was ever a need for a strong, well trained military, it is now.
THE LEFT HAS HISTORICALLY DISMANTLED OUR MILITARY IN THE NAME OF REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH FAVORING SOCIAL PROGRAMS We just cannot afford to let that happen again, most assuredly NOW!! If we do, the entire country will be bowing to the east several times a day within
50 years, maybe sooner. Do ALL you Christians hear me? If you are the least bit skeptical, just look at the trends in France , Germany , and the United Kingdom , today!!!
Now, a final thought meant to upset as many as possible on the far- left. As you might guess, I don't believe in political correctness. So, let's look at the FACTS, not far-left rhetoric attempting to empower the democratic party.
Initially, I was not a George Bush fan; I am not even a Republican. I normally vote Republican, because of my total despise of Communism, Socialism and the far-left agenda in this country. I am a Conservative. However, during his watch, I feel President Bush just happened to stumble upon the leading edge of the greatest threat this country has ever faced. There is No question mistakes have been made in this war! Mistakes have been made in EVERY war! But, these were honest mistakes due to the new and unique aspects of the threat. Overall, the President has done a superb job dealing with the threat, while at the same time holding off the constant ranting, raving, deceitful and malicious escapades of the far-left attempting to regain political power. However, with the able assistance of the Main-stream Media in the world, it worked. The American people put those scoundrels back in power, and in just weeks, they have begun their attacks on the Military.
IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER AND BACK OUR PRESIDENT, IT IS RIGHT NOW. WITHOUT CONSENSUS WE ARE EMPOWERING THE TERRORIST!!!! The far-left is totally absorbed with the power struggle and regaining control of congress. They could care less about defeating the threat. It literally disgusts me to hear the constant disagreement with everything the President tries to do, all in the name of trying to make him (and, all Conservatives) look as bad as possible before 2008. Unfortunately, by the time the American people really appreciate how bad the far- left really is, it may well be too late. And, the far left will blame the disaster they create on President Bush!
What are the REAL FACTS? This country's economy is the strongest that it has been in my lifetime. Interest rates are as low as they were when I was in high school forty years ago. Inflation does not exist for all practical purposes. For you youngster's, please remember the Jimmy Carter comments? The Dow is approaching 13,000. Unemployment is nonexistent. Wages are at an all time high. Home ownership is at an all time high. Taxes have been lowered to an almost acceptable level. Because of the surging economy the deficit is under control, and projected to go away far ahead of schedule. The far-left is rich beyond its wildest dreams, so Mr.President when are you going to "fix" all these domestic problems?
This country has not been touched since 2001. I remember being part of a seminar at the USAF War College in 1983 discussing the terrorist threat. There were some good minds at that table and a lot of disagreement. However, one common thought was that the US would be hit within the next five years.. Answers to the terrorist threat were just as hard to come by then as they are now. Well, it took a little longer than the projection, but the attack occurred. For an old military guy like me, the main point here is that it has not happened again. We have suckered the bad guys into entering the fight somewhere other than in our country. To hell with political correctness. The President can't say this, but I sure can.
I smile every morning when I get up and realize that one of our great cities has not been blown away, or poisoned. And, there is zero doubt in my mind that if we pull out of Iraq prematurely, that will happen within a short period of time after our departure. I don't care what you might think of President Bush personally. He has done the best he can with what he had, and this country is not smoking because of it. So, back off McLean and McClellan. You honestly don't have a clue about what you are talking about.. Call me, and I will tell you what I really think.
I realize there are different points of view on war, and I do not believe the meek will inherit the earth, at least not in the next few hundred years. To those like McClellan, McLean, poor Eve Kyes and Sinowa Cruz let me say, "This is a strong country!!!" It has survived the uneducated thinking of the far-left before, and I'll just bet it will again.
Regardless of who is President, the people will not tolerate mass explosions on a daily basis, as our good friends in Israel have been forced to do. To protect that position of power, even Hillary will be forced to become a true hawk. To guarantee a few more votes Ted Kennedy may be forced to begin supporting a strong military. One more attack on America might even wipe the giddy,'I-am-finally- somebody' grin from Nancy Pelosi's face, and make her realize that it is not about votes and personal power. IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING THIS GREAT COUNTRY FROM ALL ENEMIES, BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
Jimmy L. Cash, Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.
"Victory at all cost. Victory in spite of all terror. Victory no matter how long and how hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival" Winston Churchill May 13, 1940
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Trophy, we both know that he will not be able to comprehend it. Then TF will jump in and hijack this thread.
Beautifully written.......AMEN!
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Beautifully written.......AMEN!
"One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
