Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
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I've seen innocent civilians get killed. It's not pretty. It was never,
to
my knowledge, done purposely. Yes, there are bad apples in the military,
but to imply this county purposely kills 'innocent goat herders' is
offensive bull****.

Sometimes people forget. In Vietnam, they were shooting back.

Decision time.

Eisboch

If we weren't stupid enough to get involved in the mess in Vietnam, no one
would have been shooting at us there.

You are quite the Monday morning visionary, aren't you?

Eisboch


After this, it should have been obvious to Kennedy and the presidents
that followed that we had no business supporting the parade of
right-wing dictators in south Vietnam.

The reality is, we shouldn't have picked up where the French left off a
generation earlier.

It's not reverse hindsight to be stating this. There was *nothing*
correct about our involving ourselves in that country. Had the French
not tried to re-established themselves there after WW II, that part of
the world would have been far different. All we did there was make a
mess into a far bigger mess in which *millions* of lives were lost for
nothing.

Here's a thought for you. The auto industry makes up a significant
percentage of our heavy manufacturing abilities. If we allow it to fail,
and that seems very possible, we will have lost much of our ability to
wage serious war. Not only would we not have the auto plants staffed and
available to manufacture for a war effort, we will have lost most of the
ancillary industries, too.

Hey, I know...we can shop for stuff on...eBay.