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I don't see how you can say that Ustwo's post doesn't stand up to scrutiny? What support should an opinion require?
Roaeanne was the most watched woman in TV at one time.
Cronkite was at his peak in a radically different time. He was on the air when there were really only three souces of television newsmedia and audiences were in the tens of millions. In today's mediascape he would be just another voice among many and he would be under a lot more scrutiny as these many voices have given us more and varied points of view.
As for Vietnam. I think it's a very safe thing to say that America left Vietnam to totalitarian rule whether or not more or less lives were saved by the US leaving when they did is open for debate. I don't think it's all that cut and dry.
The real question on Vietnam (and Iraq) has to do with why war was needed in the first place and again, this is still a matter of opinion and hindsight. Make no mistake, lessons were learned from Vietnam, they just might not be the lesson you think.
Can you suggest what support Ustwo should supply to support his opinions?
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