Seems like losing the war and winning the peace economically is an odd
strategy. Just skip the fighting stage and smuggle in jeans and burgers!
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 08/11/2010, at 10:58 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Hummmm . . . kinda depends on your point of view. It's much to soon for
> history to to render any kind of verdict on Iraq or Afghanistan, never mind
> that Afghanistan technically is a NATO operation. As for Vietnam, well, I
> think I recall mentioning here having seen a photo within the last year. Some
> kind of celebration in Hanoi, maybe whooping it up over whipping the nasty
> imperialists . . . bunch of young people in Hanoi, all wearing western garb
> and dancing in front of The Gap. Not The Giap, but rather The Gap. in Hanoi.
> Makes you wonder who won what and who lost what . . . . <shrug>
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> www.bobwhitmire.com
>
>
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