On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:12:05 -0500, Boater wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:27:06 -0500, Boater wrote:

Calif Bill wrote:
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Calif Bill wrote:
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Tim wrote:
On Nov 19, 9:09 am, Boater wrote:
Janet O'Leary wrote:
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I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about
100 Million USD worth of crude.
any updates?
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If one takes a **** in the harbor ,, you go to jail, your boat gets
reposessed, and
your photo is int he paper..
If you hijack an oil tanker, the navy says they don't have enough
ships..
Is this country F..ked up or what.
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Harrrrrry!
What? Our military (and I presume everyone else's) is famous for crying
it never has enough, and for wasting taxpayer dollars.

Tell me, Tim, after blowing a trillion and a half dollars, what will we
have gained in Iraq? What did we gain in Vietnam because of our
protracted militarism there?

What worked for us, militarily, was Desert Storm, Bosnia, some of our
brief incursions to keep the peace, and most of our humanitarian
efforts.

I'm supposed to be impressed by our massive array of ships? What,
precisely, are they doing at the moment? Not much.
The military did not have and does not have a problem winning battles.
Seems as if Viet Nam was a clusterf**k because of the civilians in
control of the military.
I've seen that myth about 1000 times. We got our ass kicked in Vietnam.
Period.
We lost very few battles. And when you are allowed only defensive
positions, you get hosed. Just like not being able to bomb the SAM missile
stockpiles that were stored on embassy row. F'n LBJ. Picking targets at
lunch was a favorite benny for LBJ.



Johnson was gone by January 1969. Nixon expanded the war and also bombed
the crap out of Cambodia and Laos. Then, with peace in sight, Nixon
intiated operation linebacker 2, a bombing campaign against north
vietnam, the biggest bombing campaign engaged in by the US since world
war ii.

We got our ass kicked in vietnam. Your delusions about the war won't
change that.

You should know, Harry, you were there!

WAFL!


I didn't contribute to the loss. You did.

Did your hero Kerry contribute to the loss?

My contribution to the loss was actually pretty small. I built roads,
bridges, a swimming pool, blew up some mines and booby traps, and watched
our dentists and doctors on varioius Dentcaps and Medcaps. I wasn't a hero
like Kerry.
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John H.