greybeard
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If I had it to do over, I'd do it exactly the same. Had already made up my mind when I was 16 that I was going and told my mother that while watching the news one night in '66. "You'll do no such thing!!"
That is the simple answer most choose to give and believe. But it's a very complex topic rooted in French colonialism.hurleyjd":1g21uycu said:To stop the dreaded spread of communism there that is your answer so quite looking.True Grit Farms":1g21uycu said:Vietnam, all for what? That's the question I cannot find an answer for.
I can see the need to sacrifice US lives in the middle east for our life, liberty and freedom.
The muslims declared war on us a long time ago, and they have black gold.
Son of Butch":3l5ghl0v said:Communism has always been doomed to fail, because it is founded on the belief there is no God.
Vietnam and Korea may have sped up the process by a few decades, but communism is unsustainable.
IMO The price we paid in Vietnam (and Korea) to weaken communism was too dxnm high for something that was
going to happen anyway.
Son of Butch":fm5jce0i said:IMO The price we paid in Vietnam (and Korea) to weaken communism was too dxnm high for something that was
going to happen anyway.