tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11628754.post6883166398409883436..comments2024-03-28T08:46:15.009-04:00Comments on Fat in Indiana: Just Thinkin'Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269114655802698386noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11628754.post-51917061654188965082016-05-28T09:01:05.811-04:002016-05-28T09:01:05.811-04:00Also, perhaps no nukes, but a conventional proxy w...Also, perhaps no nukes, but a conventional proxy war, which is what Vietnam was, with Russia would have escalated if we invaded the north.<br />Mining harbors and bombing the capitol were dangerous enough, and may have shown that the concerns over escalation with Russia were groundless.<br />It just erks me no end that after securing the peace, a Democrat Congress gave it all away at the expense of the dead we left there, and the wounded who came home.<br />Funny, I enlisted in the Air Force to avoid Vietnam only to have so many of my comrades-in-arms go there.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11628754.post-68302274892459110262016-05-28T08:04:26.005-04:002016-05-28T08:04:26.005-04:00It was clear from the beginning the US had no inte...It was clear from the beginning the US had no interest in invading the north. The Viet-nam war was used as a training ground in case the cold war turned hot. Why else set a one year limit to the tours? A place to test new equipment such as attack helicopters, limited war-fare experiments. Blame the hippies, the free love movement, liberal protests, but those were just side shows. It was clear to us in country what was happening, and became clearer the longer I stayed in the military.<br /><br />James Old GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com