The Vietnam Syndrome: How We Lost It, Why We Need It

Reprinted with permission from Creators.

In Kabul, Afghanistan, American Embassy personnel who want to meet with their counterparts at the nearby U.S. military base have to travel a mere 100 yards. But they don’t make a practice of walking or driving. They go by military helicopter, reports The New York Times. The space between is too dangerous to cross on the ground.

It’s the sort of bizarre fact that might have emerged in Ken Burns’ new PBS series on the Vietnam War, illustrating our inability to turn South Vietnam into a safe, stable place. But it’s not the past; it’s the present.

The Vietnam War was the greatest U.S. military catastrophe of the 20th century. A conflict begun under false pretenses, based on ignorance and hubris, it killed 58,000 Americans and as many as 3 million Vietnamese. It ended in utter failure. Never in our history have so many lives been wasted on such monumental futility.

http://www.nationalmemo.com/vietnam-syndrome-lost-need/

We couldn't and were not allowed to vote (eighteen) t one time, but we could be "picked" (drafted) to die------------------that was BS

It still pisses me off..............reinstate the draft and see how many families want there kid to go to war, and get rid of the mercenaries such as XE formally Blackwater