Avoiding a Second Vietnam: 'Obama Is Absolutely Right to Re-evaluate Afghanistan Strategy' »
Posted By jovial 2 weeks, 1 day ago in Political OpinionGordon Goldstein's book on the lessons of the Vietnam War is required reading in the Obama White House. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, Goldstein talks about why Obama should think long and hard about sending more troops to Afghanistan and not rush into the kinds of decisions that Vietnam-era politicians now regret.
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'Obama Is Absolutely Right to Re-evaluate Afghanistan Strategy'
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Goldstein: 'In the case of Afghanistan, the parallels with Vietnam are substantial enough to demand that these lessons be studied once more.'
Gordon Goldstein's book on the lessons of the Vietnam War is required reading in the Obama White House. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, Goldstein talks about why Obama should think long and hard about sending more troops to Afghanistan and not rush into the kinds of decisions that Vietnam-era politicians now regret. -
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Kill! kill! Kill! we mus tkil;l everyone who is not us! kill them all till they all where our flag over their homes or their coffins! kill I say kill! death and destruction, make that the american mantra, anything less is treason! none of this crazy, foolish desire for peace and goodwill among all mankind.. what kind of ideal is that? next you'll want me to be generous and charitable and non-judgmental.
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Kill those who don't agree with us I say! kill those who don look like us! kill them all!
Praise Jesus.
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