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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: TimF who wrote (159437)3/22/2005 7:55:08 PM
From: Orcastraiter  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
It doesn't even mean that you win (although it certainly helps), we had overwhelming force in Vietnam, although not to the same extent that we have overwhelming force in Iraq today.


Hmmm. It was a result of Powell's experience in Vietnam that he developed the now famous Powell Doctrine. One of the problems he sighted during Vietnam was the fact that overwhelming force was not used.

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