Posted by FreedomFadingFast on Wed, Apr 17, 2013, at 8:32 PM:
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told Congress on Wednesday that the Pentagon is sending about 200 soldiers from an Army headquarters unit to Jordan to assist efforts to contain violence along the Syrian border and plan for any operations needed to ensure the safety of chemical weapons in Syria.
Kind of like how the Vietnam fiasco started, isn't it? "We'll just send a few troops over to help"
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We got into Vietnam to help the French. Bad move.
-- Posted by We Regret To Inform U on Wed, Apr 17, 2013, at 9:44 PM
"We got into Vietnam to help the French. Bad move."
Not really. We refused to go in to help the French. We went in to help the South Vietnamese, but only after the French had forgone their claims upon the former colony. That's why it was called the 'Vietnam War' and not the 'French Indochina Conflict' when we went in.
-- Posted by Shapley Hunter on Wed, Apr 17, 2013, at 9:53 PM
"We got into Vietnam to help the French. Bad move."
Not really. We refused to go in to help the French. We went in to help the South Vietnamese, but only after the French had forgone their claims upon the former colony. That's why it was called the 'Vietnam War' and not the 'French Indochina Conflict' when we went in.
-- Posted by Shapley Hunter on Wed, Apr 17, 2013, at 9:53 PM
Shap,got the palsy or somethin'?
Hate a repeater hate a repeater.
LOL my keys get stuck,too!
-- Posted by bothedog on Wed, Apr 17, 2013, at 10:31 PM
Shap,got the palsy or somethin'?
Hate a repeater hate a repeater.
LOL my keys get stuck,too!
-- Posted by bothedog on Wed, Apr 17, 2013, at 10:31 PM
"Not really. We refused to go in to help the French. We went in to help the South Vietnamese, but only after the French had forgone their claims upon the former colony. That's why it was called the 'Vietnam War' and not the 'French Indochina Conflict' when we went in."
JFK tried to keep us out. But LBJ and the CIA put a stop to that with a car ride thourgh Dallis.
-- Posted by Some Random Guy on Thu, Apr 18, 2013, at 10:26 AM
Should have listened to Patton and McCarthy.
-- Posted by Old John on Thu, Apr 18, 2013, at 7:33 PM
Make that 'MacArthur', I think.
-- Posted by Old John on Thu, Apr 18, 2013, at 7:36 PM
BC, What lunch money was at stake?
-- Posted by Old John on Thu, Apr 18, 2013, at 7:52 PM
The US will be involved in another war before we're finished with the Afghanistan boondoggle. Politicians love war. Much money to be made by all.
-- Posted by FreedomFadingFast on Thu, Apr 18, 2013, at 10:21 PM
Old John, Their oil and their livelihoods. There are two reasons I can think of for war, defense and acquisition of wealth (their lunch money).
-- Posted by BCStoned on Thu, Apr 18, 2013, at 9:02 PM
Not sure if I can see any lunch money in regard to Vietnam.
-- Posted by Old John on Thu, Apr 18, 2013, at 11:54 PM
BC, Thanks for the reply. I plan to check out that site when I have time.
-- Posted by Old John on Fri, Apr 19, 2013, at 1:09 PM
From one of the internal links: Despite rich natural resources - oil, natural gas, coal, minerals, agricultural land, forests and marine resources, Viet Nam is one of the world's poorest countries. It is the 13th largest country in the world. In 1995, Viet Nam's GDP (gross domestic product) was 14.86 billion but their per capita income was only $220.4041 Currently, there are approximately 85.2 million people in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with a literacy rate of 90.3% and a per capita income in 2006 of $720.42 The GDP in 2006 was $61 billion. The principle exports are: garments/textiles, crude oil, footwear, rice (now the second-largest exporter in world), sea products, coffee, rubber, and handicrafts.43 Unprotected by inadequate environmental laws, Viet Nam, like China, endures serious pollution emanating from all of those new factories. Due to the economic boom, Viet Nam suffers from overcrowded cities, traffic jams, hard drugs, prostitution and the inevitable disintegration of families.
I would have to be EOS, TC, or perhaps BC to follow all this. :) It's hard for me to comprehend such intricate actions and planning by so many players.
Seems it would have been easier for the power elite to promise the communists could have their way in exchange for the oil, given all their clout and power.
-- Posted by Old John on Sat, Apr 20, 2013, at 12:08 AM
"What about the sequester hype ?"
Obama is seeing to it that only Americans tighten their belts because of "HIS" Sequester. The Syrians do not need to be beaten into submission.... they cannot vote.
-- Posted by Have_Wheels_Will_Travel on Sat, Apr 20, 2013, at 1:04 PM
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WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told Congress on Wednesday that the Pentagon is sending about 200 soldiers from an Army headquarters unit to Jordan to assist efforts to contain violence along the Syrian border and plan for any operations needed to ensure the safety of chemical weapons in Syria.
Kind of like how the Vietnam fiasco started, isn't it? "We'll just send a few troops over to help"
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