'Nam

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Vietnam was a horrible mistake.
The US should have learned from it, but didn't.

Iraq 1 and Iraq 2 were also mistakes, and of course, Afghanistan was a 20 year mistake.
It was possible to beat the draft without even going to Sweden or Canada.
I know because I managed to do it.
Eventually, they could not draft enough suckers to fight, and they had to get out.
MacNamara knew it was unwinnable, LBJ knew as well. Then Walter Cronkite spilled the beans, Kent State and Jackson State happened and they ran out of suckers.

 

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Vietnam was a horrible mistake.

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Vietnam Veterans Against The War: THE History Of The U.S. War In Vietnam
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"Some years after his retirement from the Army, he was asked in an interview how he felt about leaving the Army after all that had come to pass. He remarked, "If you stick by your guns, if you stand by the truth, you win. I feel good about my time in Vietnam and my time in the Army. As my friend Sgt. Maj. John Bittorie once said, 'There are two kinds of military reputations. One is official and on paper in Washington DC. The other is the one that goes from bar to bar from the mouths of those who served with you there.' That is the only reputation I ever really cared about."

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