I think Vietnam had other issues involved - namely the fact that we ran a war of attrition and really didn't attempt to take ground. Plus, it's a jungle.
And I don't really think we hit Iraq hard. Maybe with bombs, but not with troops. There is no substitute for boots on the ground - and that's pretty much what I mean by full-on war.
Wars of colonialism always fail. The British failed in India. The French in Algeria and Vietnam. The U.S failed in Vietnam and are now failing in Iraq. The list is endless.
Wars of colonialism always fail. The British failed in India. The French in Algeria and Vietnam. The U.S failed in Vietnam and are now failing in Iraq. The list is endless.
I never said we should keep the country. I said we should have annihilated it - kind of like we did with Germany.
However, for the record, I don't think we should have gone into Iraq at all. It's not worth what I feel would be necessary.
I never said we should keep the country. I said we should have annihilated it - kind of like we did with Germany.
However, for the record, I don't think we should have gone into Iraq at all. It's not worth what I feel would be necessary.
So you think that the U.S should have annihilated Iraq - therefore slaughtering millions - but for the record you don't think we should have gone into Iraq at all. Interesting! :eek:
So you think that the U.S should have annihilated Iraq - therefore slaughtering millions - but for the record you don't think we should have gone into Iraq at all. Interesting! :eek:
Well, I think they're two different topics. I never thought invading Iraq was a good idea. There simply was not enough justification to do what I think is necessary to win. But, if the invasion of another nation is a foregone conclusion, and you ask me what I think we need to do, I'd say, like I said in another thread, make sure the enemy knows that we are the last word on aggression. Simply slotting in a new government doesn't work.
these prisons have been here in the good ole U.S.A for a long time....
because some people dont deserve the chance for rehabilitation....they deserve to be locked in cages 23 out of 24...
Yea, so anyway, it's not a personal attack. I'm just suprised. I guess age and the ability to accept alternate views and reform one's own view is kind of a bell curve. At the beginning of one's life they are totally convinced of what is told to them by figures they trust, such as their parents. In one's 20s and 30s they tend to look at things more analytically and think for themselves. Later in life people become set in their ways, with solid opinions that won't change for any evidence to the contrary.
What are your thoughts on this?
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Wars of colonialism always fail. The British failed in India. The French in Algeria and Vietnam. The U.S failed in Vietnam and are now failing in Iraq. The list is endless.
However, for the record, I don't think we should have gone into Iraq at all. It's not worth what I feel would be necessary.
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Go get 'em, tough guy.
So you think that the U.S should have annihilated Iraq - therefore slaughtering millions - but for the record you don't think we should have gone into Iraq at all. Interesting! :eek:
In my opinion of course.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
and please dont tell me to join the marines.....hehehehe
im too old and fat......hehehehehe
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I'm suprised at that. Your attitude towards world matters implied to me your age was approximately 10 years old, give or take a few years.
Yea, so anyway, it's not a personal attack. I'm just suprised. I guess age and the ability to accept alternate views and reform one's own view is kind of a bell curve. At the beginning of one's life they are totally convinced of what is told to them by figures they trust, such as their parents. In one's 20s and 30s they tend to look at things more analytically and think for themselves. Later in life people become set in their ways, with solid opinions that won't change for any evidence to the contrary.
What are your thoughts on this?