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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (89)	9/11/2001 6:57:16 PM
From: Srexley	Respond to of 27686

"I'm disappointed that the genocidal loss of three million lives in our irresponsible adventure in Viet Nam is of so little concern to you" That is a FALSE assertion with no basis. Why would you make such a stupid and incorrect charge like that? I'm dissapointed that you think it is "yellow journalism" to offer a comparison of the magnitude of this situation to a number that Americans can relate to. We didn't like the VN war, we didn't like the results of that war, and perhaps today alone we lost somewhere near that amount of Americans. If it is only 10% of that amount it is huge, and it could be WAY more than that, possible approaching it. Re-read both of our posts and think about it.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (89)	9/11/2001 7:50:49 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 27686

Furthermore, I'm disappointed that the genocidal loss of three million lives in our irresponsible adventure in Viet Nam is of so little concern to you. There was nothing genocidal about our involvement in Vietnam. Tim

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (89)	9/11/2001 9:09:27 PM
From: Mike M	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27686

Furthermore, I'm disappointed that the genocidal loss of three million lives in our irresponsible adventure in Viet Nam is of so little concern to you. It is rather apparent that you haven't a clue what "genocidal" means. You furthermore, are obviously deluded by your own sense of self import. If you were in Vietnam, as I was, then it is unfortunate that your service afforded you no satisfaction of representing your country albeit in an unfortunate war which we had no permission to win. If, as I assume, you are just some little chicken schit with a worthless opinion and had no part to play, then consider the value of your opinion. I hated that war and wish that we had never taken part. Our involvement was, at least, a proactive endeavor to thwart Communism and not some demented attempt at world domination. What bothers me even more than that war is people, like you, who freely give opinions but never have been required to put their own lives in harm's way to preserve that freedom or our way of life. You criticize plenty because you can with impunity, but you have built nothing and deserve even less.