On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:37:50 -0400, Dave Hall wrote:

Vietnam is not the end all rationale, for never getting involved in
another war.

Apparently not, since Vietnam, depending on how you count them, we have
been involved in 5 wars/invasions, 4-5 proxy wars, a half dozen coups,
numerous bombings (acts of war), and multiple bloody "peace keeping"
missions.

thunder wrote:

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:37:50 -0400, Dave Hall wrote:

Vietnam is not the end all rationale, for never getting involved in
another war.

Apparently not, since Vietnam, depending on how you count them, we have
been involved in 5 wars/invasions, 4-5 proxy wars, a half dozen coups,
numerous bombings (acts of war), and multiple bloody "peace keeping"
missions.


Until the Gulf War, we had not been involved in a major conflict since
Vietnam. The rest were more of a "police action".

Dave