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"One Second After" is something like an updated "Alas Babylon", and a good read! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> [/quote]

Great book.

[/quote]That JJ, is a VERY SHARP two edged sword. [/quote]

Agreed. Don't tell my boss I said that. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

A person can disagree with their government's policies without being an idiot! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[/quote]A person can disagree with their government's policies without being an idiot! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> [/quote]

True. But, do you believe we should have been in Vietnam? I do.

Yes; it was just handled all wrong. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

That's a fine line. And, I've had enough drinks to at least walk it.

My country was born from treason. I believe if a man does not believe in his country's reasons, he should revolt. That, I believe, is why our founding fathers wrote the Second Amendment. So we can. I will leave it at that without getting into the question of whether we should have been in Vietnam or whether there were just too many hippies back then. The age of love. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/barf.gif" alt="" /> [/quote]
The thing is draft dogers ran away, I would respect them more if they stayed in the USA and dealt with the consequences of their actions

Regardless of my views on the Vietnam War, as a Canadian I have an issue with using public money to erect this statue

[/quote]A person can disagree with their government's policies without being an idiot! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> [/quote]

This is the point I am making; If the U.S. government says you need to forfeit your guns, will you? If the U.S. government tells me to take your guns when you say no, will I?

Maybe the draft dodgers felt just as strongly about that war.

Just looked it up Tom. Does sound like a good read. Another good one is "Lucifer's Hammer".

[/quote]Yes; it was just handled all wrong. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> [/quote]

Agreed. They didn't let us unleash the beast.

Armchair quarterbacking, REMF trying to run things from thousands of miles away with NO idea of what was actually happening. I wasn't there, but talked with and worked with many that were.

Initially the American public was in favor of intervention; they turned against the war due to the poor decisions of our leaders and the way they handled it. Sun-Tzu's "The Art of War" is supposedly read at the "War College", but the leaders - political and military - seem to forget the ideas espoused by Sun-Tzu.

I was there. I fought Charlie with a spork and won.

Wait, are we talking about the noodle eating competition?