[aharris]

Dan

Too much television! People have grown used to seeing the earth shaking situations solved in a hour or less by some unsung private eye or cowboy or other type of hero or heroin and they have lost the sense of reality and the will to fight for something until they are defeated or until they can fight no longer.

War is no place for a person who lacks commitment. War is a terrible thing to endure and worse to watch. When you're butt is in the weeds and you are fighting for your life and the lives of your comrads, you rarely have time to think about what's going on. I often thought it was easier being in Vietnam than it was being home and watching about Vietnam on TV and hearing the lies and the half truths that were being passed around like gospel. Had we pressed a while longer, the north was about spent and all but ready to surrender. Read what the Vietnamese said after the US pulled out. They didn't win, the US lost. They quit. We quit.

Seems we are bound to repeat the same mistakes, just like we did in the first Gulf war, again. This time, the consequences will be far reaching and will undoubtedly strike in the heartland of America.. or Canada. It doesn't matter to the falangists. They just want to strike a blow for Allah.

Well stated. I agree to a point. There is no easy solution. But if you take the Vietnam example, how is Vietnam doing now. Has the withdrawl lead to the spread of communism in the region. Are the Vietnamese people better off or worse off. How would things have been different if the communists had been defeated.

Andrew