Nixon ordered massive bombing of the North and the American Left went berserk, convinced he had gone insane. In one day we destroyed Hanoi’s airport control tower, railroad yards, and water pumping station. What I’ve asked for decades is how could we have been at war with a nation for eight years and they still had three targets left? (Nonetheless, no Russian ship in Haiphong harbor was ever touched.)
Well our record is perfect, we haven’t won a war since WW 2. Remind me again why we are paying for a military that cannot perform it’s most basic function?
In WWII Europe the insurgents were on our side, so were the Commies. It took nukes in Japan. In Nam the insurgents were Viet Cong. From Afghanistan south & west borders were drawn by clueless colonials, & insurgents are whoever’s not in charge lately. MacArthur said never fight a land war in Asia. Gates has expanded to say Asia, the Middle East & Africa.
‘Liberation’? That’s not what my fellow Vietnamese college students in the late ’70’s called it. They were all part of the ‘boat people’ refugees with some rather scary stories to tell. In terms of the ‘lessons’ of Vietnam, we clearly didn’t learn a thing as the Afghanistan debacle clearly demonstrated. But why would the lessons sink in for a bunch of chicken hawks who got their college deferments or had daddy pull strings to keep them ‘out of class’.
If this was 20 years after the war, and he said he wasn’t born then, then shouldn’t he be at most a college student and not some high level business man flying from LA to Vietnam on a regular basis?
BE THIS GUY about 3 years ago
I hope 20 years from now some veteran doesn’t do this to a young Afghani.
eromlig about 3 years ago
But what unintentionally ironic timing…
Argythree about 3 years ago
Why do we constantly follow the same patterns…
braindead Premium Member about 3 years ago
If only we had ‘won’ in Viet Nam. General Ky could have reigned over the Viet Nam ‘democracy’ for decades.
Along with both his loyal followers.
pschearer Premium Member about 3 years ago
Nixon ordered massive bombing of the North and the American Left went berserk, convinced he had gone insane. In one day we destroyed Hanoi’s airport control tower, railroad yards, and water pumping station. What I’ve asked for decades is how could we have been at war with a nation for eight years and they still had three targets left? (Nonetheless, no Russian ship in Haiphong harbor was ever touched.)
Johnny Q Premium Member about 3 years ago
The Americans are one in a long line of invaders who failed to defeat Vietnam (including the Chinese, Mongols, Manchus, Japanese and French).
wheaters about 3 years ago
They’ve swapped seats from yesterday’s strip.
Susan00100 about 3 years ago
Wasn’t BD on the other side yesterday? He sure is antsy!!!
cocavan11 about 3 years ago
Why did they switch seats?
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Sad that the more comfortable we get with strangers the easier it is to pick a fight with them.
preacherman Premium Member about 3 years ago
Why is the view reversed? Yesterday, BD was on the left. Oh, I get it: yesterday BD was a Dem and today he’s a a Repub.
russ.ritchie about 3 years ago
Interesting how they magically switched seats from yesterday.
For a Just and Peaceful World about 3 years ago
The trifecta of American screw-ups: Vietnam, Iraq, and Trump. All done with eyes wide open.
prrdh about 3 years ago
That’s ‘won’ the way we ‘won’ the Spanish-American War. (See William Graham Sumner’s “The Conquest of the United States by Spain”).
this is summerdog about 3 years ago
My Vietnam vet DH, wants to know why the Taliban aren’t suffering from the Covid epidemic?
Gen.Flashman about 3 years ago
B.D. can afford to fly first class? The Vietnamese guy looks older than 20.
rfsloan19 about 3 years ago
They switched seats.
Troglodyte about 3 years ago
Why does this “Vietnamese” kid look like Roland Headley’s half-brother?
timbob2313 Premium Member about 3 years ago
No we never could have won in Vietnam. In Guerrilla wars the invader always loses
fuzzbucket Premium Member about 3 years ago
After the war Ho Chi Minh said that they would have quit if our liberals hadn’t convinced him that we would give up.
198.23.5.11 about 3 years ago
The Generation Gap has no language barrier.
Bruce1253 about 3 years ago
Well our record is perfect, we haven’t won a war since WW 2. Remind me again why we are paying for a military that cannot perform it’s most basic function?
Local 574 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Last time someone said that to me about Vietnam, I almost got into a fight.
Kip Williams about 3 years ago
He’s reading the paper, Tiger.
ChukLitl Premium Member about 3 years ago
In WWII Europe the insurgents were on our side, so were the Commies. It took nukes in Japan. In Nam the insurgents were Viet Cong. From Afghanistan south & west borders were drawn by clueless colonials, & insurgents are whoever’s not in charge lately. MacArthur said never fight a land war in Asia. Gates has expanded to say Asia, the Middle East & Africa.
Walter Parmantie Premium Member about 3 years ago
‘Liberation’? That’s not what my fellow Vietnamese college students in the late ’70’s called it. They were all part of the ‘boat people’ refugees with some rather scary stories to tell. In terms of the ‘lessons’ of Vietnam, we clearly didn’t learn a thing as the Afghanistan debacle clearly demonstrated. But why would the lessons sink in for a bunch of chicken hawks who got their college deferments or had daddy pull strings to keep them ‘out of class’.
cbs1947 about 3 years ago
They swapped seats?
dbwrangler about 3 years ago
They Traded Seats from Yesterday?
csmm7 about 3 years ago
Yesterday, B.D. was in a window seat. Today, he is on the aisle. Musical chairs, anyone?
NWdryad about 3 years ago
Oh, B.D.
ChrisTrey about 3 years ago
If this was 20 years after the war, and he said he wasn’t born then, then shouldn’t he be at most a college student and not some high level business man flying from LA to Vietnam on a regular basis?
eclectic1 about 3 years ago
One possibility is the Taliban letting Islamist groups use Afghanistan as a base to support the Uighurs in China.
GreggW Premium Member about 3 years ago
“But those damn peacenik Democrats wouldn’t let us! How’s it going with the Agent Orange mutations?”
cherns Premium Member about 3 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stab-in-the-back_myth
khmoran2002 about 3 years ago
One stuck in the past, the other thinking of his future.