My lai Massacre Hero is laid to rest!!!
POSTED BY: Ookamikawahara
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 05:24
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I'm going to weigh in here. There was a lot of this stuff. Anyone who is going head to head against people like Howard Zinn is going to be fighting a losing battle. This is what happens when you fight all-or-nothing ideological ground wars with millions of foot soldiers in desperate conditions, ie. what happens if you elect a democrat for president. It's happening in Iraq now, to a lesser degree because we're less over-stretched, but if Kerry were in charge now, we'd have conscription, at least the 500,000 men he promised in Iraq, possibly 1 million in the total Arena, which would include the invasion of Iran he and Bush both hinted at. The drag our conflict would be stretching the American threshold of control of the common soldier to the breaking point and chaos would spread through our ranks.
That said, Bush is also really appalling, let's get rid of him, but let's make sure we replace him with something better, not worse. A lot of people are saying "oh, worst president ever" but they just haven't take a close enough look at other presidents. He might be the worst republican ever, but lincoln and hoover also shots at that title.
The best way to not have atrocities and massacring of civilians is never have large scale conflicts, particularly ones not well planned out in advance. Iraq, like Vietnam, is basically being fought by 'winging it.' This is never good.
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