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To: JDN who wrote (88497)11/28/2004 9:24:55 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 793956
 
This is my MAIN REASON for being on the side of being extremely HESITANT to increase our force level in Iraq.

It has to be Iraqis or we can never pacify the country. It will be a Shiite and Kurd force, putting the Sunnis down to start. No other way out.



To: JDN who wrote (88497)11/28/2004 10:53:05 AM
From: Hoa Hao  Respond to of 793956
 
It's critical that you understand why Vietnam was lost. As far as I am concerned, Nixon's "Vietnamization" was pretty much successful. We lost cause the Kerry?Kennedy axis shut down funds. The South was reduced to boiling used bandages and rationing ammo to the rate of about 40 rounds and 2 hand grenades a week. Meanwhile, the freighters kept unloading in Haiphong...