Washington.– "Balaguer and the Dominican military:
presidential control of the factional officer corps in the 1960s and 1970s," by
Brian J Bosch, is now on the shelves of the Pentagon Library.
In this comprehensive study of the Dominican Republic's
Balaguer era, the author draws upon declassified U.S. State Department and
military documents and his own experiences as an army attache in the U.S.
Embassy, Santo Domingo, during the early 1970s.
The result is a unique, inside look at Balaguer's
presidency, his skillful manipulation of rival officers and cliques, and
American involvement in the political history of the Dominican Republic.
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Should be very interesting and lead to some heated discussions about this era ...The US keeps very good records of their own complicity in stupidity and then to their credit allows everyone to see those records....
From: United States
Of course .. Korea .. Bay of Pigs .. Vietnam .. Iraq .. Afghanistan .. Iran is next .. all very well documented on film for study by the "War Colleges" .. so they learn how to screw it up even better in the next engagement .. Bravo Maestro ..
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Sang you are correct very little is held back anymore.......and the grassy knoll is freeking out
From: United States
Hiding stuff .. censorship .. all a waste of time .. there can be no secret when more than one knows about it .. eventually it all comes out in the wash .. the dirty laundry is right there for all to see .. the shameful deeds .. mass murder in the name of patriotism .. national security concerns .. once in a while .. as in the case of Bosnia .. they cough up a mass murderer for trial at the Hague .. I hope we follow suit and show the world that serial killers and war criminals can no longer hide behind the cloak of patriotism and national security .. that we have the conscience and integrity to impeach, arrest and imprison these butchers .. no matter how high and mighty they may be .. butchers with the intelligence of a mountain gorilla in heat .. that send their youngest and brightest to die on distant battlefields .. to quench the thirst of their vanities .. may they suffer a thousand deaths .. may they burn in the hottest corners of hell. Amen.
Written by: BASTA, 2 Aug 2008 7:58 PM
From: Dominican Republic, SPM
Mandela for one.
From: United States
Mandela? too late for that one Mr. Van Winkle .. the US Government just took his name of the "terrorist" watch list .. how about a certain George Bush? Richard Cheney? Donald Rumsfeld? aka "The Three Stooges"? .. they would be perfect candidates for impeachment by Congress .. then let the ICC drag them to The Hague for Crimes Against Humanity .. War Crimes .. a long laundry list of charges that should put them away for at least 3000 years ..
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Sang this guy from Edmonchuk any relation Vince Weiguang Li,.He is the guy that was riding the hound in Winnipeg when his indigestion got the best of him..just curious ...it seams he became a little aggravated at the guy sitting next to him
From: United States
Is he hairy, smelly and drags his knuckles in the dirt when walking? Then he most certainly is a very close relative of mine .. relieving ourselves at race tracks is a sacred family ritual .. Does he also like to eat bananas, defecate where he sits, scatches his rosy bum and then promptly sticks his fingers into his nostrils to smell the result? That's my twin brother.
Written by: anthonyC, 2 Aug 2008 8:30 PM
From: United States
Jealous Gooly,
So silly.
So envious.
So Clueless.
So Childish.
F.Y.I The US Military has never lost a war.
Have you ever served? Have you ever seen combat? Have you ever had to fight for something you belived in?
Don't bother answering. We all know the answer.
From: United States
But that is not all .. it just keeps getting worse .. your American Slave Masters are now about to be defeated by a bunch of badly dressed street hooligans and Jihadists in the slums of Baghdad .. and as if that is not humiliating enough .. they are facing imminent defeat by yet another bunch of poorly organized, poorly equipped Jihadists and Islamists in the mountain passes of Afghanistan. That is all you are good at .. fighting the THIRD WORLD. That's what happens when idiots refuse to learn the lessons of history .. and behave like a bunch of baboons .. you are about to learn that money, technology and weapons are not enough to win a war .. you will learn that it is not a good idea to make enemies in the Middle East .. you will also learn that you had a chance to profit from you SuperPower status .. but blew it because you elected a swaggering buffoon as President .. SERVES YOU RIGHT AND YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GET .. JERK!
Written by: anthonyC, 2 Aug 2008 9:09 PM
From: United States
The US Military did not lose the Vietnam War. It was wussy politicians. The US Military did not lose one single major or medium size engagement.
The US Military was long gone by the time the North Vietnamese Communists violated the Paris Peace agreement ane invaded the south.
From: United States
So why did your American Slave Masters cut and run? Why did they not stand and fight? It's a bloody war is it not? You lost .. lick your ugly wounds and move on .. no use making lame excuses for your loss .. just be honest about it and admit the truth .. you lost .. you got your bums whooped .. as you are getting it whooped in Iraq .. by street hooligans .. and in Afghanistan by illiterate Jihadists and Islamists .. that's because the military is full of ignorant baboons like you .. they are now recruiting criminals .. people with felony records .. that is what you have left .. a military full of crooks .. murderers .. thieves .. so stop making lame excuses .. quit defecating all over my living room and get back into your baboon cage .. OK? and stay there ..
Written by: anthonyC, 2 Aug 2008 9:19 PM
From: United States
Hehehehehe!!!!!
I made you mad!
I like making wussy liberals mad. I know it is easy to do but it is still fun.
Watch
Capitalism is the cure for all the world's ills.
The USA is the world's defender of freedom and democracy.
From: United States
Your American Slave Masters keep losing war .. after war .. after war .. what's the problem? Did you know that baboons are good fighters? Read up on them .. even leopards are afraid of baboons .. I thought you knew that .. but it seems you don't .. tell your American Slave Masters they need to recruit baboons to replace those useless criminals in the military .. baboons are cheaper .. no need to pay them .. just give them bananas .. and let them out of their cages for combat .. I guarantee you a baboon can rip any Baghdad street hooligan to shreds .. try them out and see what I mean .. they look like Hillary and just as vicious .. after they are done with Baghdad sent them to Afghanistan .. they will do the same thing to the Taliban .. rip those turbans off their heads and leave a smelly little gift in it's place .. you know what I mean Baboon Boy ..
From: United States
The US was once a great country .. a real defender of freedom and democracy .. but they have fallen on hard economic times .. they are quickly losing the manufacturing base that gave them the competitive edge and the resulting economic power .. mainly due to bad foreign policy decisions .. trying to be the world's policeman .. instead of fixing their own problems at home .. they are quickly turning into a third world country .. reduced to deporting illegal aliens and fighting hooligans in third world slums .. to be a major super power .. you need a powerful economy .. but how can you have a powerful economy when all your manufacturing has gone to China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia .. you have a $482 billion dollar budget deficit .. TRILLIONS in National Debt .. the game is over pal .. time to bend over and kiss yourself GOODBYE !!!
From: United States, Long island, NY
AnthonyC:
So what is the biggest acomplishment on the Irak war so far???
Written by: anthonyC, 3 Aug 2008 12:10 AM
From: United States
I refuse to discuss military matters with people who's knowledge of warfare came from watching Platoon on HBO.
You wannabee hippies are just more of the tired old story.
Just envious of the US.
Go find somebody else to stroke your sad little egos. We aren't buyning it.
From: United States
You need to ask George Bush and Dick Cheney about Iraq war accomplishments .. I don't see any .. all I see is a PERSONAL VENDETTA started by those two .. they did not like Saddam .. he was just UGLY looking .. bad HAIRCUT .. badly DRESSED .. CORRUPT .. LIKED TO KILL AND TORTURE PEOPLE .. a trait that he shares with Bush-Cheney .. so they wanted to get rid of him .. made up a bunch of excuses and INVADED .. now they are STUCK with a country the size of CALIFORNIA .. they send OTHER PEOPLES KIDS to fight their nasty war .. while their kids are safely hidden away in the US .. there is NO LOGIC and NO STRATEGY to this war .. they take a street one day .. and it goes back to the Jihadist hooligans the next day .. over 4,200 US troops have been killed playing this deadly game of musical chairs .. but the casualties are not Bush-Cheney family.. they are increasingly from minority groups .. fodder for the Bush-Cheney ego ..
From: United States
Here's what you don't see Baboon Boy .. I already mentioned the terrifying toll on US troops deployed to fight street hooligans in the SLUMS of Baghdad .. there are over 1,000,000 Iraqis dead and displaced. This is far worse than SADDAM could have ever done to Iraq. Do you know who is footing the bill for all that destruction in Iraq? YOU and I are Baboon Boy .. as US citizens our taxes .. collected by the IRS .. are spent on the payment of compensation to Iraqi families that have lost their children and husbands .. our taxes are spent on fixing the homes, schools, roads and infrastructure destroyed or damaged from the fighting .. YOU and I are paying for it Baboon Boy .. so don't you tell me not to complain .. I have every right to complain when a bunch of swaggering buffoons in the White House waste MY MONEY and send MY KIDS to fight their FILTHY PERSONAL WAR.
From: United States
One more thing Baboon Boy .. the US Constution guarantees my right to Free Speech .. I have a right to criticize MY GOVERNMENT and MY PEOPLE .. particularly when I feel that they are doing something SO WRONG .. I have every right to say it anyway I please .. anwhere I please .. if you feel that I am making an idiot of myself .. that's fine too .. I have the right to that as well .. if there are those here that don't like what I am writing .. if you find my language offensive and combative .. then don't read my stuff .. nobody is forcing you to read it .. nobody is forcing you to be on this blog .. just skip to the posts that suit your point of view .. that make you feel better .. don't read the ones that make you feel bad .. OK?
Written by: anthonyC, 3 Aug 2008 9:41 AM
From: United States
One more thing Baboon Boy .. the US Constution guarantees my right to Free Speech .. I have a right to criticize MY GOVERNMENT and MY PEOPLE
So do I
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Sang ...now you are what they call " Machine gunning the Life boats " lets move on to something pleasant
From: United States
Who's scaring you John? Me? Who died and made you monitor on this forum? Just sit back and enjoy the exchange OK? That's all it is .. a heated exchange of ideas .. I know you CANUCKS are not used to that .. but it's OK .. just hang in there ..
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
OK wack him again with the old pinata stick then
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
A battle of wits between unarmed adversaries,....on the Lords day no less
From: United States
John .. I find it hard to believe that a FREE and DEMOCRATIC Canada could have turned out somebody who is a spitting replica of Hugo and Fidel .. those two make a living out of stifling speech and ideas that appear threatening .. all the manifestations of a DESPOTIC, COMMUNIST, DICTATORSHIP .. and here you are .. supposedly from Canada .. telling me what I CAN and CANNOT say? You seem to say anything YOU like here .. as does your friend Baboon Boy .. so what makes you think that OTHERS cannot? What's your problem?
From: United States
What's up with that "Soldier Boy John"? My words scare you? Scarier than a thermo-nuclear war? Scarier than fighting hooligans in the slums of Baghdad? No wonder we are getting whooped. Our soldiers are afraid of words. Some street hooligan comes ripping around the corner yelling banshee .. and down goes Soldier Boy .. the yelling scares you does it not Soldier Boy? That's worse than the bloody Polish Army. What are we coming to?
Written by: Mangil, 3 Aug 2008 5:41 PM
From: Canada
Quote from GhoulishColon: BlaBlaBlaBlaBla..... I am better...BlaBlaBla... I 'm the best...BlaBla... you stupid...BlaBla... my dad is better than your ...BlaBlaBla.....
(note:this also resume 99% of his others comments here)
Written by: Mangil, 3 Aug 2008 5:51 PM
From: Canada
Ghoulish, mighty Goulish...really... I am sorry to tell you but you don't scare anyone here neither with your words or with your stupid "I am the man"attitude
the Internet is full of loud mouth small brain wannabe like you...and sadly, one of them (you) found this place...an annoying problem nothing more... like mosquitos...
Seriously...If you could get that cancer as soon as possible, it would be great...
From: United States
You just stink up the whole place with your rotting gums you slimy amphibian .. you are what you eat you mound of suffocating garbage .. and it seems you just yanked your head out of a commode .. flies buzzing around your empty head ..
From: United States
So you are all sore they wiped out your nursery school rhyme on the "Canada" topic? Is that what's eating you Frog Legs? Stop crying like a little girl and try to be a real man .. for a few minutes at least so I don't feel too bad Jap Slapping your stinking little frog head .. slimy little swamp critter .. don't see how the French could suck that thing into their "culture" .. it looks like a bloody Martian ..
Written by: Jander, 3 Aug 2008 11:00 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Off his meds again ! DT help us
From: United States
All the help you need is between your ears .. yes .. that 1-pound lump of wet mushy grey matter that God gave you for THINKING .. not for snorting crack .. use your 1-pound brain .. don't read my posts .. ignore all the ones under MY NAME .. go around them like a soldier side steps a mine in the field .. like you would avoid stepping on a DIAMONDBACK rattler .. read other posts .. the ones that say the things you like to hear .. OK? Mein Herr?
From: United States
"F.Y.I The US Military has never lost a war."
(coughing)..bullshit...
The War of 1812
Even though it was never presented to us as a lost war in our history classes going by the rules of war of the age if your capital is occupied and segments of it burned it was pretty much one for the loss column.
Written by: Mangil, 4 Aug 2008 10:01 AM
From: Canada
Ghooouuuulish the brave.... again hiding behind a screen name, trying to escape is miserable life on the internet after a few (sadly for us) fumbled suicide attempts.... lots of losers like you contaminating the Web
I'm sorry to tell you poor GhouGhoul, but you will never be more than a that, a loser... here , in your life, today or tomorow... You can't get behind that, it's your destiny ghoulish...sad but true
Annoying waste of time and energy for everyone that crossed your path, embarrassment for your mother, a shame for your father. Loser at life, web parasite... nice CV
From: United States
Captain Crunch .. who died and made you General?
From: United States
WWI that was a real war .. WWII that too was a real war .. Korea maybe was a real war .. but look at what happened since then .. the US Military has been sent out to fight THIRD WORLD GUERILLAS .. just as they are fighting hooligans in the slums of Baghdad .. if you really want to test that "NEVER LOST ANY WAR" claim .. try going to war against RUSSIA or CHINA .. and let the best "MAN" win .. after the RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT is over we go sifting through the smouldering piles of GLOWING ash .. looking for the US Military .. looking for your ASHES to pour into an URN .. OK? But until then?
From: United States
Hop over here amphibian .. I want to taste a little French "cuisine" .. What do frogs taste like? chicken? Rotten fish? Your parents were both frogs. So you being able to get online and type anyting at all must be quite an achievement in frog circles. Ugly little things.
Written by: Mangil, 4 Aug 2008 10:24 AM
From: Canada
the war of 1812...
October 26,1813 The battle of Chateauguay where 4000 US soldiers where kicked out of Montreal by a few french canadien frogs...
From: United States
You were definitely not among those French Canadians you worthless piece of amphibian vomit .. why don't you yank your frog head out of your bum and pull that nasty brown stuff out of your ears .. around here we call it sewage .. in your circles it is called food .. then hop back here and try croaking like the hopeless little cold blooded creep that you are .. JERK.
From: United States
Reference: cibaeño75, 4 Aug 2008 9:20 AM
Not to mention that the President had to abandon the white house to save his ass. This is a case of "selective memory".
From: United States
Proof that Americans don't like the "ugly Truth"
Written by: anthonyC, 4 Aug 2008 10:12 PM
From: United States
The War of 1812
Even though it was never presented to us as a lost war in our history classes going by the rules of war of the age if your capital is occupied and segments of it burned it was pretty much one for the loss column.
Re-read your history. yes the Capital was captured but it was then retaken as the Brits ran when faced with a fight.
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
What a great song ! it was even a hit in Canada.....they had no choice.....I can see them running now On down the Mississippi to the gulf of Mexico
From: United States
"The War of 1812
Even though it was never presented to us as a lost war in our history classes going by the rules of war of the age if your capital is occupied and segments of it burned it was pretty much one for the loss column.
Re-read your history. yes the Capital was captured but it was then retaken as the Brits ran when faced with a fight."
Re-read your history. The British occupied the city for over twenty four hours and left on their own when faced with an impending storm but not after burning all major government buildings. I love the way people try to rewrite history on this site.
Written by: anthonyC, 5 Aug 2008 5:37 PM
From: United States
Impending storm?
yea right. there is a storm coming so we will leave the shelter of the buildings for better conditions in the field.
From: United States
"Impending storm?
yea right. there is a storm coming so we will leave the shelter of the buildings for better conditions in the field."
If your army arrived by ship, as did the brits who invaded Washington, then you would indeed fear a coming storm which was reported as producing tornadoes. I suggest you familirize yourself on a subject before you decide to comment on it. Otherwise one risks coming across as looking uninfromed at best and foolish at worst.
From: United States
Correspondance from British Majaor General Ross, a amemebr of the expadition that ransacked Washington:
"The object of the expedition being accomplished, I determined, before any greater enemy force could be assembled, to withdraw the troops, and accordingly commenced retiring on the night of the 25th. "
Notice no record of "Brits [running] when faced with a fight."
From: United States
An excerpt from the book "Washington Weather":
"Hours later, the British forces left Washington and returned to their ships on the Patuxent River. The journey back was made difficult by the numerous downed trees that lay across the roads. The war ships that lay waiting for the British force had also encountered the fierce storm. Wind and waves had lashed at the ships and many had damaged riggings. Two vessels had broken free from their moorings and were blown ashore."
Don't bring a butter knife to a machete fight Mr. C and don't attempt to rewrite history on this site for there are those of us who know the truth and who are vigilant.
Written by: anthonyC, 6 Aug 2008 9:21 AM
From: United States
Written by: cibaeño75, 6 Aug 2008 9:16 AM
From: United States
Correspondance from British Majaor General Ross, a amemebr of the expadition that ransacked Washington:
"The object of the expedition being accomplished, I determined, before any greater enemy force could be assembled, to withdraw the troops, and accordingly commenced retiring on the night of the 25th. "
Notice no record of "Brits [running] when faced with a fight."
Did you actually read what you wrote?
It says "I am running away before the Americans get here and kick my ass"
From: United States
Maybe YOU need to read it again:
"The object of the expedition being accomplished..."
Written by: Lautaro, 6 Aug 2008 10:35 AM
From: Brazil, near Copacabana
Well, anthonyC, if you care to read the official casualties and losses stats, you'll have to recognize that the brits were giving the americans the ass kicking of their lives:
American side: 2,260 KIA; 4,505 Wounded; 4,535 Killed from Disease; 500 Civillans Dead; Total-11,700
British side: 1,600 KIA; 3,679 Wounded; 3,321 Killed by disease or weather; Total-8,600
Source:
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Camp/7624/Warof1812.htmP.S.: The brits were giving the americans some whooping despite the fact of being overstretched, having the majority of their army already committed fighting on the european front (Napoleonic Wars). So, one have to conclude that the americans were fortunate that the brits weren't allowed the chance of bringing upon them the full might of their army and navy.
So silly.
So envious.
So Clueless.
So Childish.
F.Y.I The US Military has never lost a war.
Have you ever served? Have you ever seen combat? Have you ever had to fight for something you belived in?
Don't bother answering. We all know the answer.
The US Military was long gone by the time the North Vietnamese Communists violated the Paris Peace agreement ane invaded the south.
I made you mad!
I like making wussy liberals mad. I know it is easy to do but it is still fun.
Watch
Capitalism is the cure for all the world's ills.
The USA is the world's defender of freedom and democracy.
So what is the biggest acomplishment on the Irak war so far???
You wannabee hippies are just more of the tired old story.
Just envious of the US.
Go find somebody else to stroke your sad little egos. We aren't buyning it.
So do I
(note:this also resume 99% of his others comments here)
Ghoulish, mighty Goulish...really... I am sorry to tell you but you don't scare anyone here neither with your words or with your stupid "I am the man"attitude
the Internet is full of loud mouth small brain wannabe like you...and sadly, one of them (you) found this place...an annoying problem nothing more... like mosquitos...
Seriously...If you could get that cancer as soon as possible, it would be great...
(coughing)..bullshit...
The War of 1812
Even though it was never presented to us as a lost war in our history classes going by the rules of war of the age if your capital is occupied and segments of it burned it was pretty much one for the loss column.
I'm sorry to tell you poor GhouGhoul, but you will never be more than a that, a loser... here , in your life, today or tomorow... You can't get behind that, it's your destiny ghoulish...sad but true
Annoying waste of time and energy for everyone that crossed your path, embarrassment for your mother, a shame for your father. Loser at life, web parasite... nice CV
October 26,1813 The battle of Chateauguay where 4000 US soldiers where kicked out of Montreal by a few french canadien frogs...
Not to mention that the President had to abandon the white house to save his ass. This is a case of "selective memory".
Even though it was never presented to us as a lost war in our history classes going by the rules of war of the age if your capital is occupied and segments of it burned it was pretty much one for the loss column.
Re-read your history. yes the Capital was captured but it was then retaken as the Brits ran when faced with a fight.
Even though it was never presented to us as a lost war in our history classes going by the rules of war of the age if your capital is occupied and segments of it burned it was pretty much one for the loss column.
Re-read your history. yes the Capital was captured but it was then retaken as the Brits ran when faced with a fight."
Re-read your history. The British occupied the city for over twenty four hours and left on their own when faced with an impending storm but not after burning all major government buildings. I love the way people try to rewrite history on this site.
yea right. there is a storm coming so we will leave the shelter of the buildings for better conditions in the field.
yea right. there is a storm coming so we will leave the shelter of the buildings for better conditions in the field."
If your army arrived by ship, as did the brits who invaded Washington, then you would indeed fear a coming storm which was reported as producing tornadoes. I suggest you familirize yourself on a subject before you decide to comment on it. Otherwise one risks coming across as looking uninfromed at best and foolish at worst.
"The object of the expedition being accomplished, I determined, before any greater enemy force could be assembled, to withdraw the troops, and accordingly commenced retiring on the night of the 25th. "
Notice no record of "Brits [running] when faced with a fight."
"Hours later, the British forces left Washington and returned to their ships on the Patuxent River. The journey back was made difficult by the numerous downed trees that lay across the roads. The war ships that lay waiting for the British force had also encountered the fierce storm. Wind and waves had lashed at the ships and many had damaged riggings. Two vessels had broken free from their moorings and were blown ashore."
Don't bring a butter knife to a machete fight Mr. C and don't attempt to rewrite history on this site for there are those of us who know the truth and who are vigilant.
From: United States
Correspondance from British Majaor General Ross, a amemebr of the expadition that ransacked Washington:
"The object of the expedition being accomplished, I determined, before any greater enemy force could be assembled, to withdraw the troops, and accordingly commenced retiring on the night of the 25th. "
Notice no record of "Brits [running] when faced with a fight."
Did you actually read what you wrote?
It says "I am running away before the Americans get here and kick my ass"
"The object of the expedition being accomplished..."
American side: 2,260 KIA; 4,505 Wounded; 4,535 Killed from Disease; 500 Civillans Dead; Total-11,700
British side: 1,600 KIA; 3,679 Wounded; 3,321 Killed by disease or weather; Total-8,600
Source: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Camp/7624/Warof1812.htm
P.S.: The brits were giving the americans some whooping despite the fact of being overstretched, having the majority of their army already committed fighting on the european front (Napoleonic Wars). So, one have to conclude that the americans were fortunate that the brits weren't allowed the chance of bringing upon them the full might of their army and navy.