Subj : Re: Clandestine activity is a holy cow of democracy
To   : JOHN FITZGERALD
From : alexander koryagin
Date : Thu Aug 15 2013 11:12:53

Hi, JOHN FITZGERALD!
I read your message from 14.08.2013 23:51

 AK>> ;=) Well, well, who doubts around the world that American history
 AK>> books tell that the Vietnam war was victorious for the US?
 AK>> Propaganda doesn't allow the opposite, especially if the opposite
 AK>> is humiliating.

 JF> Actually, American history books do not describe Vietnam as a
 JF> victory for America. And we know the US lost the war. Not all know
 JF> it, but most of us do.


 JF> We could have won that war if we 'wanted to'. Do you really think
 JF> we "lost" the war because the Viet Cong had a more formidable
 JF> military the the U. S.? We could have wiped them out any time we
 JF> pleased.

   Good argument, of a computer gamer. ;-/ But even then it would not
have been a victory -- only a terrific crime. Although, the US
government anyway had committed a terrific crime when it killed and
poisoned millions of Vietnamese and lost hundreds of thousand simple
Americans which died for actually for nothing. Because there were no any
serious reason that could justify such a bloodshed from the side of the
US.

 JF> Why didn't we? Do the math. It was not economically feasible for
 JF> the U. S. to pursue the war any further. The Viet Nam war was waged
 JF> simply to gauge Soviet response and to keep tabs on their military
 JF> capabilities. During that war 100's of newly developed weapons were
 JF> beta tested. Esp as concerns the Air Force. Same with the (then) U.
 JF> S. S. R. What a wonderful world...

   But too many American understood that the US had no business in
Vietnam to spill so much blood of young Americans. But how much
repression felt those who protested against the Vietnam war!

Bye, JOHN!
Alexander Koryagin
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