Interesting background Crane. You are not the only one of the Viet Nam generation in the group. The domino theory ruled the airwaves and a lot of guys came back on drugs, but I think most of them were too screwed up by the experience to corrupt too many politicians.
I always supported the guys who went over there even if I didn't agree with the policies that sent them into harm's way. Chris Hahn From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Crane Hertz Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:28 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RC] Re: The Hidden Dimension of Vietnamese history Hello Ernie: Not a lurker, since I only joined 2 days ago, but the post caught my eye that took seriously the Higgins disinfo. I had worked for McNamara as an analyst back in the 70's both at DOD, and the World Bank, and became somewhat familiar with the agenda being fed to the media, and the actual hidden agenda. I worked as a contractor for DARPA on ARPA net.. I remember being fed the "domino theory" on stopping communism, but later learned the real purpose of the VN war was to hook our troops on drugs, and corrupt our politicians with the proceeds. In that sense the conflict was a great success (although 50,000 US lives were lost). The whole experience still makes me sick. Crane H On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 12:40:28 PM UTC-5, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote: Hi Crane, On Jan 21, 2013, at 5:07 PM, Crane Hertz <[email protected] <javascript:> > wrote: Regards, Crane Thanks for your first post! How long have you been lurking? Would you like to introduce yourself? -- Ernie P. Centroids Co-Instigator -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
