History of the Vietnam war for people with attention deficit disorder

Sailor Steve · 10-14-11, 06:06 PM

About that particular battle? Nothing. In fact we won most of the major battles (maybe all).

But the politics? Ho was the bad guy, Diem was the good guy? Weasels in the US government? Our whole purpose for being there was bad from the start. Diem was a slug, and Ky wasn't much better. We supported them for all the wrong reasons, and that article makes it look like we were there for good moral purposes, and only lost because of the evil people back home who undermined our noble operation.

You can't get much more revisionist than that.

10-14-11, 06:06 PM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	About that particular battle? Nothing. In fact we won most of the major battles (maybe all). But the politics? Ho was the bad guy, Diem was the good guy? Weasels in the US government? Our whole purpose for being there was bad from the start. Diem was a slug, and Ky wasn't much better. We supported them for all the wrong reasons, and that article makes it look like we were there for good moral purposes, and only lost because of the evil people back home who undermined our noble operation. You can't get much more revisionist than that. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo