http://www.democraticunderground.org/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7141732Oh my.
The mountain man primitive who, like all men, nightly pitches his tent one day's march nearer the mausoleum:
ThomWV (1000+ posts) Wed Dec-02-09 09:11 PM
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Lessons from Viet Nam? Goddammit! I'll give you a lesson from Viet Nam
In 1955 we Provided Viet Nam with a $350 million military aid package, its first, and had 750 military advisers in country but not 1 combat troop on the ground. We didn't lose a single soldier that year and our position as the leader of the free world was not one bit less secure because of it. There's a lesson in appropriate levels of military involvement for you.
And then John Kennedy got elected, and wanted to make it America's, and not Vietnam's, war.
Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Wed Dec-02-09 09:26 PM
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2. Very well said - how tragic to watch history repeat itself
Well, we'll see. It's Bo's problem.
