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To: Hoa Hao who wrote (243452)	3/25/2008 11:02:11 AM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 794035

Well, if people elect LBJs and get Robert McNamaras; elect George Bushs and get Rumsfelds and society can not get volunteers, and does not want a draft, maybe that society does not deserve to survive. I think we have to question leaders at all level, demand answers, and expect accountability. Otherwise we will get another one of these. archives.gov Total US KIA after LBJ announced there is a light at the end of the tunnel during a speech at Ft Benning in the summer of 1967. (I was in OCS at the time and was present at the speech) 43,633 Total US KIA after Nixon became president with a secret plan to end the war. 22,041 We also have to admit that killing terrorists will not bring victory. When are we going to begin to address the fact that Iran will soon (or sooner) have nuclear weapons and the terrorist coalition will be an even bigger threat, by several magnitudes, than today. What will GWB's recent proclamation that we have created a window of opportunity for victory in Iraq mean then? What will all the proclamations by our military that they are winning mean? What will they have won?