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Timothy
The Buoys
Trapped in a mine when a hatch caved in
And everyone knows the only one left was Joe
And me and Tim
When they broke through to pull us free
The only ones left to tell the tale were Joe
And me
Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy, god why don't I know?
Hungry as hell, no food to eat
Joe said that he would sell his soul
For just a piece of meat
Water enough to drink for two
Joe said to me, I'll take a swig
And then there's some
For you
Timothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you
Timothy, Timothy, god what did we do?
I must've blacked out just about then,
'cause the very next thing that I could see
Was the light of the day again
My stomach was full as it could be
And nobody ever got around to finding
Timothy
Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy, god, why don't I know?
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.
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