tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post1799739905249926882..comments2024-01-22T04:45:58.881+02:00Comments on Simply Jews: Thank You Vietnam Vets dayGideonSworthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951672633294843881noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-89468395493482210752012-04-05T10:50:14.193+03:002012-04-05T10:50:14.193+03:00No harm caused, David, and no need for apologies.No harm caused, David, and no need for apologies.SnoopyTheGoonhttp://simplyjews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-18662995731110322722012-04-05T01:50:50.791+03:002012-04-05T01:50:50.791+03:00Snoopy, you are right, the post was about the sold...Snoopy, you are right, the post was about the soldiers who served in Vietnam, not the politicians who sent them there. I apologize for going off on a tangent.<br />Thanks for this post honoring all those who did serve in Vietnam. David Allnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-84216946759851830292012-04-04T09:37:10.987+03:002012-04-04T09:37:10.987+03:00True as it may be, the post was about the soldiers...True as it may be, the post was about the soldiers and not about the politicians.SnoopyTheGoonhttp://simplyjews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-86313780414289855252012-04-04T01:48:46.399+03:002012-04-04T01:48:46.399+03:00Dick, one reason that you might not have felt that...Dick, one reason that you might not have felt that Vietnam was not part of overall Cold War was that it was not a necessary part of the Cold War. I.E. American sucess or failure in the Cold War did not rest on American sucess or failure in Vietnam. There were a lot more important areas of the Cold War such as Western Europe, the Middle East and Korea. American failure in any of these areas would have been far more important than the American defeat in Vietnam was.<br /><br />Talleyrand, the veteran cynical French Foreign Minister, was criticized by a friend for continuing to serve Napoleon after the latter's most recent act of agression or crime as it was then called. <br />To which Talleyrand replied that Napoleon's agression "was worse than a Crime, it was a Mistake!"<br />I.E., Napoleon need not to have done it to suceed in his policy of conquering Europe. <br />I believe that the same can be said of the US war in Vietnam.<br /><br />Dick, as someone who has worked for the US Dept of Defense since late 1985, I am eligible for the civilian version of the Cold War Victory Medal. I felt that my rather modest role in that forbide me to recieve it. Now if they were to issue a medal for being in the Pentagon on 9/11, I would be glad to recieve that one. <br /> David Allnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-25838209961167296612012-04-04T01:21:03.912+03:002012-04-04T01:21:03.912+03:00The US went into Vietnam as a part of the overall ...The US went into Vietnam as a part of the overall Cold War policy of containing Soviet and Chinese Communism. The overall policy of Containment was correct, but the US got far more involved in Vietnam then was worth it by any concievable measure. We refused to see that the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong was the country's nationalist force. We refused to limit our involvement untill we were in there with more than a half million soldiers. We never believed that a bunch of runty-assed Asians could stand up to the might American War Machine. David Allnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-41146405649788741322012-04-03T23:51:15.893+03:002012-04-03T23:51:15.893+03:00Yes, he is probably too dumb to get the right term...Yes, he is probably too dumb to get the right terms in a row.SnoopyTheGoonhttp://simplyjews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-32092455816874672992012-04-03T23:50:31.996+03:002012-04-03T23:50:31.996+03:00I got it from one of the guys on the Watcher's...I got it from one of the guys on the Watcher's list, took it as gospel and didn't check. <br /><br />As for the medals: pity, it could have been quite an important one, in my humble.SnoopyTheGoonhttp://simplyjews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-34828917518366226442012-04-03T23:36:55.521+03:002012-04-03T23:36:55.521+03:00Hey. That's Son of the Big Satan. Get it right...Hey. That's Son of the Big Satan. Get it right, why don't you. Jeez.Dick Stanleyhttp://www.texasscribbler.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-58504718778613530012012-04-03T23:34:44.375+03:002012-04-03T23:34:44.375+03:00Go soak your head, dumb butt.Go soak your head, dumb butt.Dick Stanleyhttp://www.texasscribbler.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-68636864500331486622012-04-03T23:34:09.561+03:002012-04-03T23:34:09.561+03:00Thanks for the sentiment, Snoop. I missed the &quo...Thanks for the sentiment, Snoop. I missed the "day." Or was a day of your choosing?<br /><br />It was only years (decades, actually) after coming home from those SE Asian War Games that I realized that it had much of anything to do with the Cold War. <br /><br />Do you know we were issued authorization for a "winning the Cold War" medal? Wasn't actually mailed to us, of course. Uncle Sugar is much too cheap for that.Dick Stanleyhttp://www.texasscribbler.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-4649913581129508472012-04-02T09:41:14.755+03:002012-04-02T09:41:14.755+03:00I see. First it is "brave young Amricans"...I see. First it is "brave young Amricans" and now it's a justification for muss murder. I think you have outlived your usefulness on this blog. Ciao.SnoopyTheGoonhttp://simplyjews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-25707967028767071522012-04-02T02:50:34.689+03:002012-04-02T02:50:34.689+03:00Mass Murdering American justifies mass murder acro...Mass Murdering American justifies mass murder across the globe.<br />Son of Satan.Watamalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-43772556808854120242012-04-01T10:32:29.147+03:002012-04-01T10:32:29.147+03:00"Amricans"? Sounds familiar. Especially ..."Amricans"? Sounds familiar. Especially coming from an indoctrinated know-nothing Malaysian who sees lies abroad. Instead of looking closer to home.SnoopyTheGoonhttp://simplyjews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-43082259393586566562012-04-01T09:10:56.580+03:002012-04-01T09:10:56.580+03:00Brave young Amricans were sent to be slaughtered b...Brave young Amricans were sent to be slaughtered by evil men in the Pentagon . "Military men are just dumb ,stupid, animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy" Henry Kissinger.<br />American youths lost their lives on the lie of the Gulf of Tonkin.<br />Nothing to be proud to be duped, lied to. The Lie continues today.<br />Americans unwilling to wake up and therefore will die, needlessly, for their masters.Watamalnoreply@blogger.com