2007-02-22 03:47:53 · 17 answers · asked by chrisbrownlious 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I don't agree with any war the first person who dies in a war you have lost that war.
2007-02-22 03:51:47 · answer #1 · answered by carpathian3030 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm gonna buck the trend here and say that we should have continued in Vietnam until we defeated the communists. We were one the right side there. Had we won Vietnam, history would have been entirely different. We would probably not be fighting islamists today. After VN, America was seen as weak, with no resolve to fight. It affected decisions that were made by later enemies, including the terrorists who took our embassy staff hostage in Iran, as well as the USSR and Communist China. If they had calculated our reaction differently, Iran would not have fallen to ahmaweeniejob (who was a leader of the hostage takers back then) and Ayotollah Khomieni. Russia quite possibly would not have invaded Afghanistan, fearful that we would react to it and beat them again (Russia was who we were really fighting in VN). Bin Laden would still be a nobody, sitting in a Saudi palace somewhere. With a completely different Iran, there would never have been an Iran Iraq war, and Saddam would have fallen in a coup by his own people long ago (the war is what kept his people loyal to him and allowed him to slaughter his own people). and much, much more.
2007-02-22 12:04:01 · answer #2 · answered by boonietech 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have lived in vietnam and i know the culture, i have seen these people because of that chemical i forgot how its called orage or something simple name? anyways i have seen the kid who has 7 finger on left and 2 finger on right, i have the old guy who have both leg but leg got paranoid because of something to do with war. i am japanese and i know the history of japanese war even though japanese was kinda being crazy.. i disagree with war but there are meanings behind that we can just disagree with.
2007-02-22 11:56:19 · answer #3 · answered by MOOMIN 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Korea was the first limited war fought not to win, but to police, now that's the only kind of war we fight. It doesn't settle anything and leaves your enemy in power. If you're going to sacrifice lives, at least play to WIN!
2007-02-22 13:18:01 · answer #4 · answered by raggnaar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can tell you there was one for sure. I didn't want to go, but did. I'm still paying for it. Should we have been there? Probably not; but you could ask the same about the current mess in Iraq.
2007-02-22 11:52:07 · answer #5 · answered by Winger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wars over... does it matter what people think about it anymore?
2007-02-22 12:03:26 · answer #6 · answered by Chrissy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here in the modern dark ages we don't need actual reasons for going to war...
2007-02-22 12:30:11 · answer #7 · answered by nostradamus02012 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we should have gone into that war to WIN!
2007-02-22 11:54:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That happened too long ago for me to remember, I'm only 14. But I heard John Kerry won 34,922 Purple Hearts there.
2007-02-22 11:51:37 · answer #9 · answered by bigsey93bruschi54 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
its too bad that carpathia didnt think that freeing the slaves and the civil war was worth one person's death.
2007-02-22 11:55:29 · answer #10 · answered by whosajiggawhat? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋