Debate about the Vietnam War

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Eric The Green Wrote:War is a bad thing and hell and there are atrocities on both sides of any war.

Agreed, which is why war should be the last resort and not the first in our current flock of wars of choice.

Quote:Those of us who opposed the US invasion of Vietnam did not agree that North Vietnam was a satellite state. No, it was a state that had at first offered to be allies of the USA and adopt our constitution. When we backed the French instead, Ho turned to the commie countries for help. Once the French lost their colony, the Domino Theory was invented to justify the USA taking over from the French and colonizing Vietnam. But there were never any dominoes. Ho was not Hitler and the Vietnamese just wanted their own country. And so it has turned out. The USA needs to admit its mistake, and make friends. That's pretty much what it is doing now.

Agreed here again. There is no reason to hold animus against Vietnam at present. Ditto for Cuba. I rather doubt either has a worse government than Saudi Arabia.  Rather hypocritical / using double standards isn't it?

Quote:Tar baby issue for boomers indeed. Why am I getting into this?

You just answered your own question there big buy.  You're getting into this because you're a boomer. Never mind this thing has sucked in the cusps on both sides. Hell, we had "ROTC sux" in Jr high! The War babies were of course on the front lines back then.

Vietnam = Herpes, the gift that just keeps on giving.