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To: SiouxPal who wrote (24482)	6/27/2005 4:16:52 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361381

I agree that was a major turning point. If Bobby hadn't been killed a few months later, the war might have ended in early '69. Another turning point was June 13, 1971 when the NY Times ran the first installment of the Pentagon Papers. Those papers are still worth reading ... it shows how the government systematically lied to the American people for many years (both Republicans and Democrats). I had hoped America had learned a lesson.

To: SiouxPal who wrote (24482)	6/27/2005 10:55:27 PM
From: coug	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361381

Hi Sioux, re: "Yes but Kronkite's words that evening broke any remaining spirit that America had for that war." But is that a bad thing? The sooner a society gets out of a unjust war, the better IMO.. Maybe if the country would have heeded his words immediately, there would "only" be 30-40K dead Americans, and hundreds of thousands, maybe a million, less dead and maimed in SE Asia.. With the same result.. What can I say more, except why do you spell Walter Cronkite's name with a "K"? c