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Forum: General Chat 24-01-2007, 20:39

Replies: 48 Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. Views: 1,066 Posted By Billcat Re: Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. We certanly did support many of the folks who later became the Taliban regime. And if we did not overtly supply Hussein, we did covertly - and turned a nice, blind eye to his use of chemical...

Forum: General Chat 24-01-2007, 18:09

Replies: 48 Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. Views: 1,066 Posted By Billcat Re: Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. I've had many friends who have been in the service. Not a one of them joined to die. They joined to make a living and defend the USA. While they practice the arts of war, the ultimate goal is to...

Forum: General Chat 24-01-2007, 18:00

Replies: 48 Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. Views: 1,066 Posted By Billcat Re: Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. Fine. Soldiers should obey any legal order. I don't think anyone was saying differently, which makes me wonder why Tennyson might be pertinent to the discussion. For us non-soldiers, we are not...

Forum: General Chat 24-01-2007, 17:55

Replies: 48 Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. Views: 1,066 Posted By Billcat Re: Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. If there were any consistency to the USA sticking to its principles and only supporting democracies, or even leaders edging towards democracies, I might well agree with you. However, we have not...

Forum: General Chat 23-01-2007, 00:41

Replies: 48 Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. Views: 1,066 Posted By Billcat Re: Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. Again, this had nothing to do with our leaving Vietnam. The Vietnamese were and are better off without the French and the Americans trying to dictate their future. Getting...

Forum: General Chat 22-01-2007, 11:41

Replies: 48 Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. Views: 1,066 Posted By Billcat Re: Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. I "don't pay attention?" Utter nonsense, courtesy of bullseyebarb! I deliberately ignored your silly claim, just to see where you would go. Ignoring nonsensical, hyperbole-inflated claims is a...

Forum: General Chat 21-01-2007, 13:40

Replies: 48 Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. Views: 1,066 Posted By Billcat Re: Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. Millions of people? Oh DO tell! In Vietnam? What "histories" are you reading? The Vietnamese people certainly did win their independence on the ground, through the tactics of guerilla...

Forum: General Chat 18-01-2007, 13:51

Replies: 48 Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. Views: 1,066 Posted By Billcat Re: Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. Apparently, some of our leaders didn't learn much from the experience in Vietnam - or from how Eastern Europe moved to democracy. Our kids will be paying for this folly for many decades to come.

Forum: General Chat 17-01-2007, 21:20

Replies: 48 Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. Views: 1,066 Posted By Billcat Re: Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. That statement I certainly agree with. It also was a fine display of the sort of military improvisation that can often make a huge difference between success and death.

Forum: General Chat 17-01-2007, 20:21

Replies: 48 Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. Views: 1,066 Posted By Billcat Re: Back Stabbing The Armed Forces. I read that story, Bulleyebarb, and I believe that you miseed the bullseye this time! In fact, I've now read several account and not one of them indicates that these soldiers felt that they were...

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