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To: Neeka who wrote (176045)	8/10/2006 4:10:46 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793725

Your exchange with Ig made me regret so much my attempt to explain the term and its legitimate usage. I didn't realize you were baiting me and using it as a weapon of some sort.

To: Neeka who wrote (176045)	8/10/2006 5:47:33 PM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793725

You really don't have much of historical understanding of the VN War if you think the left lost it. I highly recommend 2 books to you on the subject. "The Best & the Brightest" by David Halberstam and "A Bright Shining Lie" by Neil Sheehan. Both authors are/were reporters who stayed in Vietnam a long time. These books also will set the war in the historical context of the Vietnamese's 100 year struggle against Colonialism--which gives it entirely different perspective. I only wish this perspective was applied to the Iraq situation before the invasion. Not trying to be a smart ass here, but I think the problem we have in our political leaders today is the over simplifcation things and not understanding the historical dynamics at work.