Did we learn from Vietnam?

[Shagly]

No.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuUBCF3KKxc&feature=related

 

[Bert Notorius]

gag & blindfold the media.

 

[warrior queen]

Yes. It was learned that it's not losing if you call it a 'strategic withdrawel'.

 

[unregistered]

 

[mercury14]

Wrong. Democrats learned they can kill 58,000 American service men in vain, surrender, bug out, and escape the hangman's noose. that's the lesson of Vietnam as it is presently being applied in Afghanistan.

Democrats killed 58,000 servicemen. True story.

 

[semen4her]

We learned that the great USofA can get their asses handed to them from a bunch of kids and farmers.

We learned the price for an Asian sex slave.

We learned that Americans are the only ones who felt they accomplished something there while the rest of the world sees the truth.

 

[1fromawoodpile]

We learned that "Uncle Ho" was an uncompromising motherfucker.

 

[NeverEndingMe]

No.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuUBCF3KKxc&feature=related

Sorry not going to click on the video.

Did we learn anything? yes, political leaders should never “run” a war.

That as humans we get complacent and the military leaders were clearly ignorant

This is a great example as to why no one should ever have the SAME job for more than 10 years.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I think we learned nuthin from World War 2.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

No.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuUBCF3KKxc&feature=related

Your post is a perfect example of what we've "learned."

We've "learned" that everything we need to know about the moral pros and cons of of war are available to us in the lyrics of doped up rock stars.

We've "learned" that the bankrupt premise of one war almost a half century ago should be reflexively applied to any other war as a matter of default. We've "learned" how to presume the illegitimacy of the exercise of American military power until proven differently. We've "learned" how to give the benefit of the doubt to our adversaries rather than our own sons and daughters in uniform and their military and civilian commanders.

We've "learned" how to declare any war lasting longer than two years as a "stalemate" in which we are hopelessly "bogged down."

We've "learned" how to confuse the legitimacy or necessity of a war with its "popularity" as measured in public opinion polls.

We've "learned" how to eviscerate valid questions of national interests and national security down to the single simplistic issue of whether or not United States soil is under current and constant invasion by a conventional armed foreign force.

We've "learned" that the very concept of "victory," even to the actual utterance of the word, is somehow more vile than the most horrific of evils committed by any enemy.

We've "learned" that there is almost nothing worth fighting for -- even if we seem to be wining and most particularly if it seems we are losing.

I think we've "learned" quite a bit from Vietnam. I just question whether we are a better nation as a result of the lessons.

 

[Very_Bad_Man]

Your post is a perfect example of what we've "learned."

We've "learned" that everything we need to know about the moral pros and cons of of war are available to us in the lyrics of doped up rock stars.

We've "learned" that the bankrupt premise of one war almost a half century ago should be reflexively applied to any other war as a matter of default. We've "learned" how to presume the illegitimacy of the exercise of American military power until proven differently. We've "learned" how to give the benefit of the doubt to our adversaries rather than our own sons and daughters in uniform and their military and civilian commanders.

We've "learned" how to declare any war lasting longer than two years as a "stalemate" in which we are hopelessly "bogged down."

We've "learned" how to confuse the legitimacy or necessity of a war with its "popularity" as measured in public opinion polls.

We've "learned" how to eviscerate valid questions of national interests and national security down to the single simplistic issue of whether or not United States soil is under current and constant invasion by a conventional armed foreign force.

We've "learned" that the very concept of "victory," even to the actual utterance of the word, is somehow more vile than the most horrific of evils committed by any enemy.

We've "learned" that there is almost nothing worth fighting for -- even if we seem to be wining and most particularly if it seems we are losing.

I think we've "learned" quite a bit from Vietnam. I just question whether we are a better nation as a result of the lessons.

I like your style

 

[koalabear]

Nothing was learned, wars are still fought by politicians. They just don't die in them.

 

[Adre]

No. You can still tell a huge lie and convince Congress to vote for war.

 

[hobbit.]

Drop more bombs, or bigger bombs, from higher up and further out.