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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (133125)5/15/2004 11:09:35 AM
From: Dr. Id  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
No.. what you believe is that we should have just CAVED IN AND NOT CONFRONTED COMMUNIST EXPANSIONISM IN INDOCHINA.

You would have quite satisfied to permit the entire peninsula to fall to them...

And what has been the result of N. Vietnam winning the war? Have the dominoes fallen? Is the region occupied by dangerous communists who are bent on our destruction?

I know many people who have visited Vietnam. They say it's a lovely country, and that the people are incredibly friendly and gracious hosts (which is kind of surprising since we killed a few million of them...)

Would Vietnam have been better off with one of our versions of foreign "Democracy"? (i.e. Guatemala)

I can't believe that you're still using the old Vietnam argument. Even McNamara admits that it was a huge mistake. And he should know better than you (with all respect...).
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