America failed to do it in Vietnam, because we didn't go in immediately
with full force. Nor should we have. We were only intervening. The
Soviets were crippled by the time they waged war in Afghanistan. The
Afghans could escape this predicament by turning over Bin Laden and
other known terrorists and forsaking their aggressive position. But I
don't think they will. Therefore, they must be destroyed.
Nenad Djurdjevic wrote:
>
> The comparison is only in that it is very hard to beat a nation into
> submission. America failed to do it in Vietnam. The Soviet Union failed
> to do it in Afghanistan. The only way to do it now would be with a
> massive nuclear strike.
>
> I can only hope that you're not advocating the annihilation of Afghanistan
> in retaliation. As someone pointed earlier, many Afghanis are fighting a
> civil war against the Taliban. To indiscriminantly attack and destroy
> this country would not only punish many innocents but would be an act of
> lunacy that would almost certainly lead to World War 3. Is that what you
> really want?
>
> >PAUL STENQUIST wrote:
>
> >Vietnam was a different situation. We were intervening in what was
> >basically a civil war. The entire premise of our actions was wrong.
> >Three days ago we were attacked on our own soil. If and when it is fully
> >determined that Afghanistan or any other country has supported the
> >perpetrators, you can be sure that the full military might of the United
> >States will be unleashed against them. As I said in an earlier post, I
> >would be surprised if the Afghanistan of today survives the next couple
> >of weeks. There is no comparison possible between this situation and
> >that of Viet Nam.
> >
> >Nenad Djurdjevic wrote:
> >>
> >> I hope you're right Robert and that those who favour carpet bombing
> >> Afghanistan do not have their wish granted.
> >>
> >> Robert Harris wrote:
> >> > All true, and you left out bombing Cambodia, for which many Americans
> >> > regard top government officials of the time as war criminals.
> >> >
> >> > But this is not relevant to the current situation.
> >>
> >> > Nenad Djurdjevic wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > Not sure about Korea but the as far as Vietnam is concerned I have
> to
> >> bring
> >> > > to your attention that the US carpet bombed North Vietnam
> >> indiscriminately
> >> > > dropping a considerably higher tonnage of bombs than on Germany in
> WW2.
> >> > > They also used napalm and dropped highly toxic defoliant, the
> infamous
> >> > > "agent orange" to destroy the jungles that harboured the Vietcong.
> >> > >
> >> > > I hate to point it out but it was all for nothing as the Vietcong
> did
> >> not
> >> > > give up and in the end won anyway.
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