On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:58:03 -0600, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 11:10 PM > Subject: Re: "God Is With Us" L3 > > >> That wasn't the question. > > >It wasn't? > > Nope. If you want, I can quote the exchange, but it was the when you > referred to "the lessons of Viet Nam." Gautam questioned your ability to > determine something that has eluded a number of people who have been > intensely studying the field. > > > When a foreign policy graduate student at MIT, > > who received a degree in government from Harvard states that your point > > differs from historians and political scientists who are studying the > > period, then it is highly likely that you hold such an opinion. <extensive snip>
The lessons of Vietnam are far more universally accepted than Gautam believes. There is a small dispute fueled by those with an agenda that the Vietnam War does not reflect well on. Military lessons. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/military/etc/lessons.html Political lessons (from the left) http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/chomskyin1282.html The major article agreeing with Gautam (from 1985): http://tinyurl.com/5c427 (http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19850301faessay8426/david-fromkin-james-chace/vietnam-the-retrospect-what-are-the-lessons-of-vietnam.html?mode=print) Those whose idealogy prevents them from learning the lessons of Vietnam are repeating the mistakes and making even larger ones in Iraq. Thanks to the internet we can get a citizen's eye view of the Iraq lessons as American policy converts a militant secular dictatorship to a police state ruled by corrupt religious parties and tribal sheikhs. http://tinyurl.com/59rrq Gary D. http://elemming2.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
