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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
Anyone have strong feelings one way or the other on whether or not this thread belongs in Nonsense? It seems far too serious for the usual Nonsense games and fun. PM me if you have an opinion on where it belongs.
And well done, everyone. I wish I had the talent to contribute, but I realized long ago that my artistic talent lies solely in the "patron" catagory. I've enjoyed this thread very much.
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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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