[lbo-talk] Credit Where Credit is Due

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jan 26 10:21:57 PST 2005


amadeus amadeus wrote:


>I think the last 40 or so years of US military history
>have shown us that you don't need these kind of things
>to fend off and defeat the largest, most powerful,
>armed-to-the-hilt military force in the world.

Yeah, but that military can leave your country a wreck. Vietnam has suffered from its victory for 30 years - unexploded bombs, herbicides, sanctions - and Iraq is looking like hell's waiting room. One would hope for a better outcome for a political experiment.

Doug



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