Re: OT? EU to ban Swastika

It might not even have taken that. An intensive strategic bombing campaign and naval blockade may well have forced them to sue for peace.

No, as I cant wait to see what he looks, and acts like when he gets some leave at home. Cant wait :) (actually cant wait to see him at his graduation !!)

I think he really misses beer and cigarattes more than anything

Al Superczynski wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Ding! Ding! Ding!

This was the most surprising thing I discovered whilst researching Vietnam and it's (more recent, ie 20th century) causes. Apparently Ho really was a nationalist at first and thought we would understand and be sympathetic.

We get f**ked whenever we get involved with the French.

Well, that much *is* a change from my BCT days. We were allowed to smoke and had limited access to 'beer tents'.

Whippersnapper. I did my BCT in 1966... ;-p

So, when they helped you in your war of independence, what were they doing?...

And when they sent you that large junk sculpture that sits on an island in a harbour somewhere, what's it called??? Oh the "Statue of Liberty". that's right. What's that all about???

Typical ungrateful monkey-boy.

Oh, and a point that seems to have been missed on the Vietnam war: The US army may not have lost a battle, but those who thought that it was a good idea to be there lost the hearts and minds of the people at home, and should be required to re-take "Media Manipulation 101"... but my real point is this: The generals who rotated conscript soldiers with no training in jungle warfare out after three months should have been charged with murder and executed (or perhaps, executed and subsequently charged with murder, it seems much simpler).

Cheers, Gary B-)

Me too. MCRD San Diego

"They" as in King Louis XVI, were serving their own interests. King Louis was no liberal or democrat. He had his very own agenda vs. a vs. the British empire. We were a means to a hoped for end.

If I remember correctly, that was given during the "reign" of Napoleon II. Again, another bit of ,what do you call it below, the fight for "the hearts and minds of the people". The people of the U.S. in this case. He also had his problems with the British Empire.

Very intelligent comment!

Big Lyndon and company were quite too arrogant. Here we agree.

charged with murder, it seems much simpler).

Again, they were mainly interested in protecting their careers. The standard tour was for one year for a draftee, and that was just about long enough to get the hang of things. The biggest problems were still at the top, lack of definition of objectives and competent direction. To L.B.J. it was just a big computer game, and his successor was more interested in playing head games with the Chinese than really ending it. The failure was at the top, not at the bottom. The guys at the bottom were betrayed from above.

Bill Shuey

What makes you think that combat arms soldiers were sent to Southeast Asia with no jungle warfare training? Even combat support and combat service support soldiers like me got additional training before deploying to anywhere in Southeast Asia, not just Viet Nam.

I was in the Army in the mid 60s. Were you?

were you at lost-in-the-woods? i may have made you a burger if you ever went to the davis snack bar.

I don't know what you're talking about so I guess not.

He wants to know if you were ever stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. Thats what we used to call in my day.

LOL!

Nope, never was stationed there but that's where I wound up going to out-process when I retired.

ft leonard wood aka lost in the woods.

went to 3 years of high school there.

Hey, (e) - why are you posting my 'Reply-To' address instead of my 'From' address? It kinda defeats the whole purpose of munging...