dippin

You talk as if all we have are opinions. Whether or not a war is justified is more than a matter of opinion. It is a matter of determining if the justifications are a- acceptable and b- truthful.

In both Vietnam and Iraq we know that justifications were either unacceptable or untrue.

A view from a soldier on the ground doesnt change these things. A view from the ground doesnt make the "domino theory" any more right, doesnt make the government of South Vietnam any more democratic, doesnt make the accounts of the gulf of tonkim incident at the time any less false. Similarly, a view from the ground doesnt make the wmds and the iraqi cooperation with al qaeda any less false.