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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:12 PM
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"Green Zone" is to Bagdhad as "________" was to Saigon.
NBC tonight acted like the "green zone" was something new. We had a "green-zone" (if not a few zones like that) in Saigon, complete with golf course. Any takers? Hey! No! Tu Do Street don't count, you numba-ten GI!
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illflem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:16 PM
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1. "Green Zone" is to Baghdad as
Austin is to Texas
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:17 PM
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2. Hmm, I was in and out of Ton Son Nhut, but didn't stay long enough...
...to find my way around.
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:21 PM
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3. Close .. very close.
But no cigar.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 04:18 AM
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20. Are you refering to Bien Hoa? n/t
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dogman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:32 PM
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4. Long Binh?
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 12:21 AM
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19. That's what I was thinking also, dogman...
LBJ....Long Binh Jail
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:33 PM
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5. The Demilitarized Zone...
Didn't you guys see Full Metal Jacket...
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:34 PM
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6. I should ask my uncle.
Spent the war driving a jeep around Saigon.

I give up.
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Wilber_Stool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:36 PM
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7. I belive there was a
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 08:37 PM by Wilber_Stool
golf course that butted up against the MAC V Anex.
I used to pull guard there. First time I ever got shot at.
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:48 PM
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9. Jesus, Wilbur .. call it and win the prize!
.
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Wilber_Stool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:52 PM
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10. I don't know man,
I just don't know. I only saw it from the outside.
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Vadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:37 PM
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8. China Beach?....n/t
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ElectroPrincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:54 PM
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11. Bagdad is a FREE FIRE ZONE mahn ... I grew up in the 70s
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 09:04 PM by ElectroPrincess
Free Fire Zone - Anything that moves can be KILLED without legal repercussions.

No, my bad, that was Faluja. :(

How about non-tactical zone?
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:06 PM
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12. "Green Zone" is to Baghdad as "________" was to Saigon. ANSWER:
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 09:09 PM by DemoTex
The MACV Compound! That include part or all on Ton Son Nuht AFB. I spent my first night, last night, and a few in-between drunken nights in the MACV compound in Saigon.

On edit: MACV = Military Assistance Command Vietnam
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Wilber_Stool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:26 PM
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13. Shit man
I should get the prize for my answer. Well on second reading, I was damn close. I guess I was never in the MACV Compound.
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:46 PM
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14. You were in the MACV Compound (IMHO).
If you were in Saigon. At some point (maybe).
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 04:21 AM
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21. Oh shit. I see your point, with all the brass, CIA, and contractors...
...in and out...
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:54 PM
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15. What ever the name of this place was
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leanin_green Donating Member (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:59 PM
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16. The American Embassy.
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 11:09 PM
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18. Thanks
I was drawing a blank.
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indie_voter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 11:01 PM
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17. I understand your point, however
MHO comparisons to Vietnam are irrelevant.

Vietnam was a disaster, Vietnam went on for too many years. We lost too many people there.

Iraq is exponentially worse. Nothing in our history can compare to what is to come.

We haven't lost as many people but the consequences of our actions are so much greater and deadlier.

Iraq has turned countless of people, regardless of country, against us.

We are now the target for fundamentalist religious Muslims everywhere.

For generations to come.

The repercussions are horrific.

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