Alan C. Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX): ‘Vietnam Was Winnable’ Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), speaking at conservative gathering CPAC, declared that "Vietnam was winnable, but people in Washington decided we would not win it!" "If you go to war you better mean it," Gohmert added, blaming America's failure to go to war with Iran over the capture of its embassy in 1979 for more recent attacks on embassies and consulates. Gohmert was part of a panel entitled "Too Many American Wars? Should We Fight Anywhere And Can We Afford It?" Southern Baptist.
Brandon Buck _BB_ Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 No winner has ever walked away from doing violence.
Chaohinon Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 I actually agree with him. Just a little more napalm, agent orange, and dead babies, and we could've won the everloving fuck out of Vietnam. But that's entirely beside the point.
pretzelogik Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 I am beginning to question my previous concept of war in general. When both sides of conflicts are financed by the same lenders, technology is shared between opposing forces and the same "revolutionary" factions are repurposed for other conflicts, it becomes evident that the players at the top just use the concept of "war" to fleece populations. Not that people aren't killed and stuff isn't blown up, but I imagine the outcomes are generally assured well in advance. They don't call it a "theater of war" for nothing.
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