tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post4393165094835022964..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Miscellany And ErrataFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-86384741897268072142013-09-01T03:18:18.394-04:002013-09-01T03:18:18.394-04:00Okay, looks like I got the Mayaguez and the Pueblo...Okay, looks like I got the Mayaguez and the Pueblo incidents blended pretty thoroughly in the mix-master of my mind. My apologies. But had Ford smashed the VC there would have been no Mayaguez incident.<br /><br />BEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-74361092020812695472013-09-01T03:12:03.624-04:002013-09-01T03:12:03.624-04:00Not to arbitrary but if anyone asked me which pres...Not to arbitrary but if anyone asked me which president I'd like to swap places with I'd say "Gerald Ford."<br /><br />Presidents aren't made great by who they are but what they do with the smorgasbord of events that pass before them in their time at the table. Many presidents serve in dull times and have little to show for their years in the White House. Some, TR jumps to mind, make great hay from little grass<br /><br />Ford had some great opportunities, hobbled as he was by the Nixon years and lack of a mandate. He is seen now as a placeholder.<br /><br />I would have bombed the Viet Cong into jungle burger when they invaded the South. I would have backed up those magnificent carriers and offloaded enough hardware into the hands of the South Vietnamese that they could have made a good will dash for Peking. And when Tip ONeil and his army of leftwing Congressional occupiers moved to impeach me as Vietnam was united under Saigon not Hanoi I would have walked, head held high, into retirement.<br /><br />Should the impeachment have trundled on long enough, North Korea would not have survived the Mayaguez incident.<br /><br />But then, I'm a wild eyed rebel and a cowboy to boot.<br /><br />Brad ErvinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com