10/12 Bud Day is the most decorated soldier since MacArthur in WWII
A True War Hero Speaks on Kerry
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=14898
\_ I would like to point out the incumbent has involved us in
a long messy guerilla war we have no hope of winning ever,
just to promote the 100 percent free market ideals
of his masters. thanks. - danh
\_ I really wonder what people like yourself did during the
first years of WWII or Korea. I imagine some committed
suicide because of the impending doom.
\_ You, sir, are no FDR!
\_ Hey, it's hard work. No one said it wasn't going to be hard
work. -Dubya
\_ Er, didn't this already get posted, discussed, flamebaited,
and run into the ground? Swift Boat Guy, are you back?
\_ Yes. The thread has been restored in its entirety.
Gawd Bless AmeriKKKa.
\_ So Bud Day, a POW, does not think kindly of the anti-war movement.
What's new? It was a very ethically challenging time.
\_ To sum: John Kerry, WDYHA?
\_ Attaboy... don't ever think about your mistakes. It's just a
sign of a poor leader.
\_ All the medals in the world can't change the fact that Vietnam
was arguably America's dirtiest war. I love the smell of napalm
in the morning. That soldier needs to read The Best and The
Brightest.
\_ Why, because Kerry and Fonda said so?
\_ Open your eyes. Four million civilians died in this war.
As for you, you can watch Fog of War, in which the Secretary
of Defense at the time gives his personal views of the war.
\_ i think a larger ratio of the population in Vietnam died
than the russian korean french and german population excuses
you give
\_ 4 million is exaggerated. McNammara is responsible for
the outcome, he is an asshole of grandest kind - why
should I listen to anything he says? He completely
botches the war effort and then expects people to listen
to his contrite exculpation - he was part of the problem.
800,000 died in the battle of Stalingrad, more at Kursk,
300,000+ at Okinawa, 2+ million in the Korean War.
Was Korea a bad idea too?
\_ *YES* If USA didn't cross the 38th parallel line,
Chinese would not of being involved. You would have
\_ *YES* If USA didn't cross the 38th parallel, PRC
would not have being involved. You would have
a lot less casualty then. Unfortunately, USA's
mentality was blinded by their ideology, completely
miscalculate the rational behind China's involvement.
mentality was blinded by its ideology, completely
miscalculating the rationale behind China's involvement.
Then again, we are waging this "war on terror" and
"war on iraq" without clear understanding of why our
enemy was fighting against us neither.
"war on Iraq" without a clear understanding of why our
enemy is fighting against us.
\_ above has been processed by volunteer english
correcting daemon
\_ thank you
\_ "You ... we" Make up your mind.
\_ Nothing wrong with crossing the 38th parallel
to destroy a regime that believed in the evil
communist cult, and invaded first. US probably
should have started a dialogue with PRC though.
\_ Crossing the 38th parallel was fine. We should
have talked to the PRC about it, but there's
nothing wrong with crushing an expansionist
oppressive communist regime that attacked first.
Furthermore, there were plenty of reasons to
reunite Korea at the time, and it has only
become more desireable in hindsight. -jrleek
\_ WW2: America and its allies were attacked first.
Korea: South Korea was attacked first.
Vietnam: ... duh.
Are you really this stupid?
The 4 million figure has generally not been challenged,
with notable exception to your "4 million is
exaggerated" brilliant expository.
Why should you view McNamara's interview? He was
Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War. If you
don't want to hear this viewpoint, it's certainly
your right to block out this essential primary source.
\_ Your history is completely wrong. Ho
Chi Minh attacked the South, not the other way
around. Vietnam was a defensive war honoring
SEATO treaties.
\_ The reason for a war, while important, does not
excuse bad conduct. You could argue either side,
from "we continued a French colonialist spat" to
"we were safeguarding an independent country." The
problem is that there was never a clear mandate,
the RVN was a corrupt and doomed system (for
whatever reason), US leadership treated the war
as sort of a playground for new ideas, and many
US troops acted wrongly. In a situation like that
of the US in Vietnam, having the clear moral high
ground is tremendously important, no matter what
you do. We lost it, so even if the war was fought
on good reasons (as I think) both strategically and
philosophically, we fucked it up royally. -John
\_ Just little fact. When WW2 ended, USA actually
recognized N.Vietnam government for a split
second, then reversed its decision once USA found
N.Vietnamese government's Communist nature.
It is unfortunate that until TODAY, most people
in USA still don't understand people's desire
of self-determination over all other things
which USA treasures: Christianity, human right,
democracy. For many, USA is just an continuation
of European's imperial conquest, driven by
doctrine of White Man's Burden written centries
ago.
\_ Yup, let's stop paying all those third world
countries. Fuck White Man's Burden, let em
starve.
\_ Yes, we should support self determination for
Taiwan.
\_ Chicom troll = pwned.
\_ And Tibet.
\_ I would like to point out the incumbent has involved us in
a long messy guerilla war we have no hope of winning ever,
just to promote the 100 percent free market ideals
of his masters. thanks. - danh
\_ I really wonder what people like yourself did during the
first years of WWII or Korea. I imagine some committed
suicide because of the impending doom.
\_ Er, didn't this already get posted, discussed, flamebaited,
and run into the ground? Swift Boat Guy, are you back?
\_ Your Vietnamese history is wrong. The three
regions of Vietnam voted, two chose to stay
aligned with France. The third, the North,
split. This was not good enough for Ho Chi
Minh, so he attacked the South.
\_ huh? what have you been smoking?
\_ Do you think that posting this again day after day is going to
convert more voters to your crusade?
\_ Only what I want to talk about matters and I will keep posting it
and reposting it ad initium forever. Get used to it. |