Another win for Obama?

[colddiesel]

General Giap died yesterday aged 102. Will President Obama be held responsible?

 

[RobDownSouth]

General William C. Westmoreland summed up General Giap as follows:

"General Giap, by his own admission, by early 1969, I think, he had lost, what, a half million soldiers? He reported this. Now such a disregard for human life may make a formidable adversary, but it does not make a military genius. An American commander losing men like that would hardly have lasted more than a few weeks....The Oriental doesn't put the same high price on life as does a Westerner. We value life and human dignity. They don't care about life and human dignity."

 

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[Sean Renaud]

Obama will send his condolences nonetheless.

Which is probably the best thing to do. The man is dead and can't harm anybody else and it'll give the Chinese a happy. It's a no lose situation.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Obama will send his condolences nonetheless.

It's okay, Vetteman. You're gonna be all right. Your NVA nightmare will never hurt you again.

 

[colddiesel]

Giap and Vietnam won, Westmoreland and the USA lost. The difference in human cost reflected the technology available.

Mebbe Vietnam and the USA can both put the war behind them now Giap has died.