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On 23 Aug 2003 10:23:35 -0700, (Brian) pausing to
cast envious glances at those who had mastered the skill of reading
without moving their lips, wrote:
Dan, as I recall, Nixon didn't open up Vietnam, and Clinton didn't
open up Somalia. I don't think Kissinger had much to do with either.
But he did figure out how to get OPEC organized, have an oil embargo,
then jack up the price of oil so they could buy US armaments.
No. In Vietnam it was the lily-livered liberals in the Johnson
administration who who more concerned with the views of the campus
pinko's, than with doing what needed to be done.
So you had a typical half-assed attempt at beating VC, instead of
turning the whole place into a scrapyard.
Old Nick
So Gen Macarthy had the right idea, Nuke the N. Koreans in 1951,
win the Korean war (sorry UN policing action). no domino effect.
Then there wouldn't of been a Vietnam, probably still be occupied by the French
?!
Steve Terry