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Summary: a true warrior
Review: Stan has a unique perspective, and I can say as a former paratrooper myself that he has my ultimate respect. The time spent and units he served under are not to be taken lightly. Obviously to be chosen for these units you are at the very best at what you do. Brainwashing in the military, especially these unit's, is well documented. I can say from my experience, and the experience's of my father, a career Army enlisted man himself and Vietnam veteran - it is thorough. Stan obviously kept his sanity through all of this, and is doing our country a GREAT service by telling the truth. He has my absolute respect, unlike many of our political leaders who lie and grease the palms of eachother to achieve their selfish goals. American's would do themselves a great service by slowly sipping his words and opening their eyes. Thank you Stan.
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Summary: Chip on shoulder
Review: This book explores much of what was wrong with the Haiti mission, which was plenty. Unfortunately, most of the credibility is lost when considering the source. According to a soldier I met I met recently at Fort Bragg who was a squad leader with Goff at 75th Ranger Regiment, he was an operationally sound guy who could plan and execute missions with the best of them. It wasn't until he went SF, and then later on to Delta Force (supposedly), that his personal habits got the best of him. While he was in Haiti, he got into trouble for egregiously violating the alcohol policy, then shooting his pistol in the air in anger when he found out they were shipping him back. He also got burned on a later mission for sleeping with a suspected member of the FMLN terrorist group at the ambassador's mansion in El Salvador. These events had something to do with the early termination of his military career, I'm told. Now Goff spends his time attending anti-war rallies and trying to rub elbows with the liberal elite. I can't help but wonder if he wrote all of this because of a personal axe to grind. As far as the accusations of racism in SF goes, I find it curious why nobody ever considers a largely black Army career field, such as supply, to be racist as well. However, if one wishes to attract attention from military and white male hating journalists, the race card is an effective strategy towards getting published. Pity for him that so few will read this little rant.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This is an excellent, detailed book by someone who isn't afraid to speak the truth about current conditions in the United States military. Notice that the reviewers below are unable to point out any factual problems with the book, but persist in ad hominem attacks against the author. This is merely sad, and indicative of the lengths military apologists will go to resist any criticism whatsoever.
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