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re: What are your thoughts on the Vietnam war?
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:02 am to biglego
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:02 am to biglego
quote:eh, it was a part of containment. We made it our mission to contain communism in Asia after china went red. At th end of the day, we didn't fully understand our enemy and on top of that, we fought with our hands tied behind our back in order to keep the war from escalating. We kinda fricked the south Vietnamese over
Was a stupid pointless retarded war
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Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:02 am to NATidefan
We could have easily won this war just like we could have won the Korean War but our congress and higher ups wouldn't let us advance into north Vietnam with our full force.
Same with Korea general MacArthur was only 30 miles away from the Chinese border when he was ordered to pull back allowing China to send troops in to help North Korea.
Looking back we were stupid not to take both North Korea and Vietnam.
Screw any of the hippy make love not war pussies who dodged the draft, used family ties, or those who treated the troops like shite.
Signed by a Vietnam vets son.
Same with Korea general MacArthur was only 30 miles away from the Chinese border when he was ordered to pull back allowing China to send troops in to help North Korea.
Looking back we were stupid not to take both North Korea and Vietnam.
Screw any of the hippy make love not war pussies who dodged the draft, used family ties, or those who treated the troops like shite.
Signed by a Vietnam vets son.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:03 am to NATidefan
I think if the nation's leaders wouldn't have been pussies about it we could've ended that war much sooner.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:05 am to bulldog95
quote:eh, you risk starting world war 3 by doing shite like that
Looking back we were stupid not to take both North Korea and Vietnam.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:06 am to bulldog95
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Same with Korea general MacArthur was only 30 miles away from the Chinese border when he was ordered to pull back allowing China to send troops in to help North Korea.
MacArthur also wanted to nuke the frick out of China soo
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:07 am to The Boat
He also wanted us to invade the Soviet Union in 1945. He was a great general, but was a fricking war monger
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:09 am to WestCoastAg
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He also wanted us to invade the Soviet Union in 1945. He was a great general, but was a fricking war monger
I'm not positive about his thoughts on Soviet Russia. But Patton damn sure wanted to invade Russia.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:10 am to TigerFanInSouthland
So did Winston churchill. I have no idea how we got through the cold war without world war 3. It really is a miracle
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:11 am to The Boat
So the world wouldn't be better off now if China, Vietnam, North Korea was a democracy over socialism.
Yeah and it was Patton who said that since we already had our army over there we might as well go ahead and attack Russia.
Yeah and it was Patton who said that since we already had our army over there we might as well go ahead and attack Russia.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:13 am to bulldog95
quote:it sure as shite wouldn't be better off after a global nuclear war starts because Russia views our actions on their side of the world as an escalation in hostilities
So the world wouldn't be better off now if China, Vietnam, North Korea was a democracy over socialism.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:13 am to bulldog95
quote:Or the Middle East today.
We could have easily won this war just like we could have won the Korean War
bullshite war after bullshite war, after bullshite war. Will America ever stop falling for the same bullshite? Doesn't seem like it.
quote:Yeah, don't you hate it when people won't kill other people for no reason?
Screw any of the hippy make love not war pussies who dodged the draft
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:14 am to NATidefan
Why fight a war you're not willing to win?
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:18 am to TX Tiger
Yeah those who dodged and then spit on those that couldn't dodge were real American Heros.
I didn't say to nuke ummm I said we shouldn't have been handcuffed but allowed to win the wars. The only reason nukes were used in Japan was because everyone knew the japs would all fight to the death. 500000 to 1000000 estimated to die if we invaded.
We didn't need nukes in Vietnam or Korea just the dumbasses over here to quit dictation war though politics.
I didn't say to nuke ummm I said we shouldn't have been handcuffed but allowed to win the wars. The only reason nukes were used in Japan was because everyone knew the japs would all fight to the death. 500000 to 1000000 estimated to die if we invaded.
We didn't need nukes in Vietnam or Korea just the dumbasses over here to quit dictation war though politics.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:19 am to magildachunks
quote:I believe we all know the an$wer to that que$tion.
Why fight a war you're not willing to win?
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:20 am to TX Tiger
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Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:20 am to bulldog95
And you don't need to use nukes to scare Russia into starting a world war
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:21 am to FLBooGoTigs1
quote:this - (Nam Vet 1966-1968) I just hope we don't frick around in the Middle East and start another useless war.
Once again the US sticking their nose in someone's business where it didn't belong. Boy we seem to be real good at it even now.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:23 am to magildachunks
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Why fight a war you're not willing to win?
I think the government probably was willing to win the war, but I don't think the citizens of the US were willing to back it and win it in the long run.
But I'm not sure if the war was a total loss either. It seems like it may have become a war to contain a different way of thinking rather than destroy it..
Same as the wars we are fighting today.
I think the age of nuclear war definitely made a difference in the way wars are fought today.
Sacrifice some pawns here and there, and prevent the kings and queens from destroying the chessboard.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:24 am to bulldog95
quote:How do you know those that spat were draft dodgers?
those who dodged and then spit on those that couldn't dodge
I believe most of that was propaganda anyway. But anyone who would spit on a Vietnam Vet needed his arse kicked.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 1:26 am to NATidefan
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I think the government probably was willing to win the war, but I don't think the citizens of the US were willing to back it and win it in the long run.
The govt were the ones making our troops pull back.
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