Subj : Re: Clandestine activity is a holy cow of democracy
To   : ALEXANDER KORYAGIN
From : JOHN FITZGERALD
Date : Thu Aug 15 2013 12:55:04

-> Hi, JOHN FITZGERALD!
-> I read your message from 14.08.2013 23:51
-> 
->  AK>> ;=) Well, well, who doubts around the world that American history
->  AK>> books tell that the Vietnam war was victorious for the US?
->  AK>> Propaganda doesn't allow the opposite, especially if the opposite
->  AK>> is humiliating.
-> 
->  JF> Actually, American history books do not describe Vietnam as a
->  JF> victory for America. And we know the US lost the war. Not all know
->  JF> it, but most of us do.
-> 
-> 
->  JF> We could have won that war if we 'wanted to'. Do you really think
->  JF> we "lost" the war because the Viet Cong had a more formidable
->  JF> military the the U. S.? We could have wiped them out any time we
->  JF> pleased.
-> 
->    Good argument, of a computer gamer. ;-/

Poor reply, even for a computer gamer. The US could have turned up the heat
any number of ways. The war was purposely dragged out for several reasons,
mostly concerning the (then) USSR, who was supplying the North.

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