Moriarty: A Sole Marine Stood Up to Defend America. He stands alone

In response to the clusterfuck going on in Afghanistan recently a US Marine Lieutenant Colonel posted a video asking why no one had been held responsible for the biggest military failure in American history surrounding the poorly planned and executed withdrawal. He demanded accountability. So his superiors fired him. He has since resigned leaving a multi-million dollar retirement on the table. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we had more than one guy in the military demanding accountability?

I was in the service, the Marines, for almost six years. I served from July of 1968 until March of 1970 in Vietnam. I’m reminded today of a mission flown by a Huey Gunship squadron out of the Hue Phu Bai air field in March of 1970. The CIA had these Marine gunships escort some troop choppers into Laos where they inserted a small recon team made up of SOG people. The intent was to determine what the NVA troops were up to as they strolled down the Ho Chi Minh trail.

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