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wow...that could have been me...never would have thought of the juxtaposition to tricky dick and spiro...let her die for all the deaths in vietnam...jeebus freakin' cripes...
host, how old were you when this happened, and what affect did this series of events have on you at that time?
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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.
Last edited by uncle phil; 06-15-2008 at 03:53 PM..
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