"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Air Force generals who know what they're talking about were telling Nixon
that the bombing was not producing results. Pretty unusual advice from
guys whose specialty is dropping bombs, and who had been doing exactly
that to Hanoi for many years. Hanoi was symbolic, not strategic.

The capiltol city of the opposition is symbolic. You capture it and you
demoralize the population.



Don't read much, do you, Bertie Girl? The North Vietnamese repeatedly stated
that they would never stop fighting. Period. Can you imagine our soldiers
hauling munitions for hundreds of miles, wearing flip-flops, using bicycles
to wheel the heavy stuff? Hanoi's symbolism meant nothing to the NV.

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On Thu, 5 May 2005 21:53:55 -0400, "Bert Robbins"
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On Thu, 5 May 2005 20:26:30 -0400, "Bert Robbins"
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Was Napoleon really French?

Corsican. Which is really Italian, but Corsica is part of France -
from the mid-18th century on.

So, Napoleon's victories in war can be attributed to his Italian/Roman
heritage. The French are loosers any way you put it.

I don't know about losers in total - they did invent hot air balloons,
discovered radiation and ...um...er...

something.

Unique uses for goose liver? That's not nothing. :-)

On Fri, 06 May 2005 08:20:21 -0400, NOYB wrote:


Limited war is a farce. Neither side wins with limited war. I'm not a
proponent of war. But if and when it's inevitable and necessary, it
should not be "limited". We fought limited wars in Vietnam and
Korea...which is why one of those ended with our withdrawal, and the other
ended in a stalemate.

Yes, but limited war was the only possible war between nuclear powers .
Mutually Assured Destruction makes total war unacceptable.

Korea and Vietnam were Cold War wars fought on other people's land.
Sadly, both countries were pawns in a US vs. Soviet dick-waving contest.

Limited wars or proxy wars, nukes saw to that.

On Fri, 06 May 2005 13:14:46 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 5 May 2005 21:53:55 -0400, "Bert Robbins"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 5 May 2005 20:26:30 -0400, "Bert Robbins"
wrote:

Was Napoleon really French?

Corsican. Which is really Italian, but Corsica is part of France -
from the mid-18th century on.

So, Napoleon's victories in war can be attributed to his Italian/Roman
heritage. The French are loosers any way you put it.

I don't know about losers in total - they did invent hot air balloons,
discovered radiation and ...um...er...

something.

Unique uses for goose liver? That's not nothing. :-)

Mayo - they invented Mayo.

~~ all things come full circle ~~

Later,

Tom

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 5 May 2005 20:26:30 -0400, "Bert Robbins"
wrote:

Was Napoleon really French?

Corsican. Which is really Italian, but Corsica is part of France -
from the mid-18th century on.

Later,

Tom

Actually I think not Italian but Catalan.