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Our soldiers must follow orders. They really haven’t any choice in the matter and even objectionable, misguided even scandalous policies have been known to place them in the path of deadly hostile force. If they are not killed out right then they may be wounded and permanently disabled physically, more subtle is the psychological trauma many soldiers are experiencing which also may debilitate them for life.
So it is ironic, even tragically amusing in hindsight; that the lead up to the war with Iraq had so many people talking about not getting the US into another Vietnam and these same people were blasted as being alarmist or unpatriotic for their concerns and vision. And now in mainstream news papers such as the ‘Washington Post’, ‘AM NY ‘, Metro, and others there is an admission by BUSH that comparisons to Vietnam are valid, in this context the TET offensive.
The government needs a change. We the people need true representatives of the needs and requirements of the 300 million plus population. I can only be hopeful that a majority of the voting public has finally awakened to the self-defeating policies of this current body of officials. :grumpy:
Sources:
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3260927
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0213-06.htm
http://www.boston.com/news/world/ar...says_iraq_vietnam_violence_parallel_possible/
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2004/04/20/2003137414
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/07/AR2006100700907.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wounded/la-na-wounded-series,0,936394.special
So it is ironic, even tragically amusing in hindsight; that the lead up to the war with Iraq had so many people talking about not getting the US into another Vietnam and these same people were blasted as being alarmist or unpatriotic for their concerns and vision. And now in mainstream news papers such as the ‘Washington Post’, ‘AM NY ‘, Metro, and others there is an admission by BUSH that comparisons to Vietnam are valid, in this context the TET offensive.
The government needs a change. We the people need true representatives of the needs and requirements of the 300 million plus population. I can only be hopeful that a majority of the voting public has finally awakened to the self-defeating policies of this current body of officials. :grumpy:
Sources:
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3260927
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0213-06.htm
http://www.boston.com/news/world/ar...says_iraq_vietnam_violence_parallel_possible/
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2004/04/20/2003137414
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/07/AR2006100700907.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wounded/la-na-wounded-series,0,936394.special
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