shempmcgurk wrote: > The Americans spent 14 years in Vietnam fighting communism. As a > result of the anti-War American Left's efforts, the US abandoned South > Vietnam and the communists took over. During the 2 years immediately > following the communists' victory, up to 4 million people of South East > Asia were slaughtered by or as a result of the Communists, a figure far > exceeding those that died during the entire 14 years of American > involvement. > We weren't there to fight communism. That was just an excuse to get us there so we could take over the country for its resources which belonged to the people of Vietnam anyway. They wanted the French out, us out and their country back. Sort of like a bunch of folks back in 1776 in a country not too far away. People died there as a result of us sticking our nose where it didn't belong. > Flash forward to the first Gulf War. Bush Sr. encourages the Shiites > to resist Saddam and, at the very least, gives the impression that the > US will back this resistance. The US stays out of Iraq and 10s of > thousands of betrayed Shiites are slaughtered by Saddam. > > Current Gulf War. Almost unanimously, both houses of Congress and > practically every member of both the Democratic and Republican Parties > authorize the president to go to war. Now, 4 years later, the US is > again considering cutting and running. > > Gee, who will be killed this time and in what numbers? And we would be leaving not a day too soon. We should leave it up to the people of Iraq to solve their problems. Again we have stuck our nose where it didn't belong and again for the same reason: to get their resources. Replace "communism" with "terrorism" for the excuse.
Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat. Apparently Shemp didn't do too well in history class. Probably too busy clowning off.
