Re:The Vietnam War Was Already Lost, but I Had to Go Anyway
by johnny313 on Monday July 15, 2019 @06:42PM
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I volunteered at 18 just after 9-11, reached the same conclusion pretty quickly...
I fear the US political establishment learned the wrong lesson from Viet Nam. Avoiding the social costs (like the draft) to our current military engagements overseas has allowed the US to be indefinitely at war for 18 years.
I fear the US political establishment learned the wrong lesson from Viet Nam. Avoiding the social costs (like the draft) to our current military engagements overseas has allowed the US to be indefinitely at war for 18 years.