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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (17138)	4/22/2004 11:44:41 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 81568

JFK had it right. Use Green Beret Spec Ops to train local tribes to stop the spread of Viet Cong. It was working but it was limited, guerilla style and lots of bang for every buck. Once Johnson moved in the industrial Halliburton-Bectel US military infrastructure (Oliver STone's theory for why JFK was murdered), we became huge targets and sitting ducks. No matter how many men or armaments we threw in there we could never have won. Also, remember the big geo-political problem. We could not invade North Vietnam because then we'd be up against China and the Soviets possibly bringing them together against us. Possible WWIII and global holocaust. The reason we can't win in Iraq the Cheney way is that "Bring 'em on!" Bush has gotten his wish. With open borders to iran and Syria there is a never-ending flow of arms and Jihadists who can mix with the population. Plus like in Nam our partners are corrupt and have no backing from the majority of the people. Cheney's Iraqi dissidents are all opportunistic liars. Since like in Nam we cannot tell friend from foe visually, it's a quagmire in the desert. In the old days, colonial powers could occupy third world countries, but in those days the insurgents didn't have bombs, rockets and mortars. This collosal blunder is Cheney-Bush's fault and theirs alone. The only way to solve is now IMHO is to let the UN in, let the Iraqis vote and withdraw our forces from plain view. Otherwise, this mess will go on and on and on and we simply cannot afford it. Also, the Cheney-Bush people are cheating US taxpayers out of Iraqi oil revenues. They promised oil would pay for their war. They lied big-time.