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A traitor to his brothers in Vietnam

 


Kirby

Pardon me DoorGunner, I just dont get it. Why were we in Viet-nam? Because of some half baked Domino theory?- if a small nation of which the majority of the population were farmers went commie all hell would break loose and civilazation would fall. That about right?- The Viet-nam war was political as much as it was economic. What people dont see, and they seem to miss it this time around, is the tremendous amount of money that flow into the the coffers of millitary contractors everytime America goes out to save the world from itself.
My guess is that I will be labeled a traitor as well, and hear about not knowing was it was like, or what it means to serve. Its sad to think that many good men died so that some unammed partner in a multi billion dollar deal could make out clean.
Man I wish we could have a house cleaning in DC.
We need a more transparent government, camera in all the congressional offices as well as subcommittees....

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• Review posted on 04/08/2007
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Kirby (1)
04/09/2007		GenghisTheHun, would you at least agree on the point that the necessity of going to Viet-nam was not as pressing as the European and Pacific theatres of WW2? Its a very stretched out argument to say that if Veit-nam became a communist state others would follow suit. I have spent many long hours listening very candidly to the few stories that my grandfather will actually tell me about the Veit-nam War. He was an intel officer, and he had coaxed some locals into telling him the location of a foxhole. He told his superior that there was a man inside who could have valuable information. In the end they threw a grenade down the foxhole and killed the man. At the very least- would you at least entertain the notion that our publically stated reasons for going to Veit-nam in the first place were not at genuine as many would seem to think?
GenghisTheHun (177)
04/08/2007		I was drafted during the Viet Nam War, and it was not as black and white as all the arm chair historians now proclaim. I was against the war, but believe me, I was in a strong minority in those days.
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