Subj : Clandestine activity is a holy cow of democracy
To   : BOB KLAHN
From : JOHN FITZGERALD
Date : Wed Aug 14 2013 23:51:54

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->  AK>    ;=) Well, well, who doubts around the world that
->  AK>    American history books tell that the Vietnam war was
->  AK>    victorious for the US? Propaganda doesn't allow the
->  AK>    opposite, especially if the opposite is humiliating.
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->  Actually, American history books do not describe Vietnam as a
->  victory for America. And we know the US lost the war. Not all
->  know it, but most of us do.

We could have won that war if we 'wanted to'. Do you really think we "lost"
the war because the Viet Cong had  a more formidable military the the U.S.?
We could have wiped them out any time we pleased. Why didn't we? Do the
math. It was not economically feasible for the U.S. to pursue the war any
further. The Viet Nam war was waged simply to gauge Soviet response and to
keep tabs on their military capabilities.  During that war 100's of newly
developed weapons were beta tested. Esp as concerns the Air Force. Same
with the (then) U.S.S.R. What a wonderful world...
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