Re: VIRTUAL JFK: Vietnam Had Kennedy Lived

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<billclarke@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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 Apr 28, 7:33 pm, "Gerry Simone" <newdecent...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The Gulf War (forcing back an invader) and Iraq (guerilla/civil war) are
> completely different wars.

True but the invasion part of the Iraq war was as conventional warfare
as you’ll see.  That is easy for the U.S.  When that Fool stood on
that ****p and said mission accomplished I cringed because I knew we
were just getting started and the hard part was ahead.

Yeah, unfortunately.  It's tough when the people really don't want 
democracy or have any hope for it.

> So 300,000 troops would stop the insurgency forever?
> How long would that take?

They didn’t allow me into the meeting so I don’t know what their thinking 
was on this.  Obviously we didn’t have enough troops to secure the 
capital, much less the country side.  This isn’t a matter of overwhelming 
force but simply of having enough troops to do the job.

> Bear any burden doesn't mean the use of force unless one is attacked and
> that there is a clear and present danger.

Are we speaking of Iraq or Vietnam?

Could be both.

> JFK is also quoted in this movie as saying that force would only be used
> if the US or its allies were attacked.

South Vietnam was an ally and they were certainly attacked.

Were they attacked after the U.S. bombed North Vietnam/Hanoi?


Bill Clarke