On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:13:06 -0500, Boater
wrote:

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:31:21 -0500, Boater
wrote:

No, you didn't. I wasn't dumb enough to get drafted

Damn - you are such an ass sometimes.


Nothing personal, Tom. I'm just unimpressed by our entire involvement in
Vietnam, other than the horror of 55,000 American lives wasted, tens of
thousands of U.S. troops seriously injured, and millions of Asians
killed and maimed. Those losses I find tragic and impressive. The war
was a...what's that term you old soldiers like...cluster****, the
dumbest war we got involved in in the last 100 years, until our recent
one against Iraq. Blame for it goes all the way back to the SEATO treaty.

I didn't have to resist the draft, but I have friends who did. *They*
were right.

Many disagree with that take. Me, for one. Different world then, and
the commies were a threat. Yep, I believe in the dominos.
The guys in Viet Nam stopped them from falling.
Nothing you say will change that.
Most the history denying what I just said was written by those who
avoided serving - it's a way to justify their cowardice.
Of course I may be wrong. We'll never know.
But those who died deserve that interpretation.

--Vic