IMO, Vietnam is just another case of the US not being able to swallow its "pride" and trying to show the world who's boss.
The cons exponentially outweighed the pros, and as a result, nothing came out of it.
You either surf, or you fight.
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As far as Vietnam and our current elections, I have honestly NO idea how it has any bearing whatsoever. Seriously, it's puzzling. I just look at all this babble going on back and forth between the parties and the only thing that comes to mind is "goddamn people are stupid..."
This war was 35-40 years ago. Get over it. It's a big smoke screen set up to avoid the real issues at hand. We're not dealing with Vietnam anymore, we're dealing with Iraq. If this were 1968, it would be different.
Kerry could've flat out DODGED Vietnam for all I care (I would've too) as it has no bearing on one's ability to lead. After all, look at Bush. His military experience is pretty shady. Either he did serve, didn't, or went AWOL, etc.. no one knows, but the fact is Kerry did serve, so what's the big deal? Because he has an opinion on the war? Wow, what a bad person! I guess that flat out proves right there that he's not fit for president, huh?
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Last edited by Stompy; 08-28-2004 at 08:17 AM..
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