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To: TimF who wrote (133479)	5/22/2004 9:53:01 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If you want to say that Vietnam was not unwinnable or that many so called unwinnable scenarios really are not unwinable I might agree but some situations are pretty close to unwinable. From the perspective of a totalitarian regime that steals the very freedoms from its people, and oppresses them, I would concur. And when we find ourselves supporting such regimes, I would also concur. But when it comes to assisting people to possess better lives and self-determination, I refuse to believe in an unwinnable scenario.. Because the root of human nature tells us that those desire those values are our allies (even if they don't know it yet). And in Vietnam, as in Afghanistan and Iraq, those were our goals. Hawk