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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sojourner Smith who wrote (4101)	8/29/2004 12:41:19 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

LOL. The south Vietnamese were very corrupt. 2.5 million Americans didn't protect them from the Viet Cong so I guess it was all a huge mistake huh? We dumped more explosives on that poor country than during the entire WWII in Europe. It was just awful. What threat were they to us? The whole war was based on this domino theory which turned out to be false.

To: Sojourner Smith who wrote (4101)	8/29/2004 12:44:56 AM
From: nspolar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27181

FYI the political apparatus of South Vietnam was more than likely one of most corrupt of any political makeup there ever was. And they lost. So why did we owe them protection from anyone? The US got involved in Vietnam because of the 'herd' mentality, which was driven by the remnants of the Joe McCarthy era. Actually had Repubs been in power the war would have been less likely, but alas the last thing the poor Dems wanted to be accused of was to be soft on them thar Commies. In that time there was one behind every other tree. Of course they were all bad, just like Moslems are today.