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In November, 1967, on a radio news program, it was reported that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff declared that the U.S. could
"win the war in thirty days" if allowed to.
At that time, I'd been back a few months. I felt at that time that
we, (servicemen), had been let down by Washington. I was too naive to
understand the political facts-of-life then. When my father went to war,
it was WAR, no-holds-barred, get-it-done.
I still believe we were right in donning our country's uniform. No
personal regrets, but I think of the fallen and wounded a lot, and it
still hurts.
Since we'll all be gone reatively soon, and kids are not taught real
history, that fiasco will be swept under the rug as just an annoyance.
Sorry for the rant, just wanted it said. TACC1
We lost the war the day the country voted for Johnson over Goldwater. What the enemy thought we might do was more important that what we would actually do. It was that kind of war. President Nixon almost pulled it out of the fire but got distracted by the Liberals' impeachment attempt. At that point he lost all creds with the Reds. We should not be surprised by the "no win" policy. That was the Truman Policy and was announced shortly after WWII. That did not change until President Reagan became President. He defeated the Reds economically. To be sure, it ran up the national debt but it was a heck of lot better than exchanging nukes.
Thanks for this post. I'm on the wrong side of 70 so I suppose I am ahead of the curve.
Thanks,
Bill