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Re: Rererere : FOLLOWUP: NTSB Reports on Deadly Midair Collision Near Washington

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Re: “The notion of winning had been replaced with the notion of "fairness".”
Good answer. I'll incorporate the above into my statement about America not having the heart or stomach for the ugliness of war. Now I'll say, America didn't have the heart, stomach or BRAINS for the ugliness of war. It was plenty strong, though. I know you and micro have both said that we'd have won in Vietnam if the soldiers doing the fighting had just been backed the way they should have been.

I don't think this invalidates my point that Reagan was, arguably, wrong. Being "too strong" can lead to cockiness that both gets a nation into wars it doesn't need to be in and makes it lose a war it should have won. It's a quality a country shoudn't have if it's going to fight a war. A bit of fear can be a GOOD thing.






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Re: Rererere : FOLLOWUP: NTSB Reports on Deadly Midair Collision Near Washington
By: ribit
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Mon, 28 Apr 25 5:40 PM
Msg. 07508 of 10839

...not the history I remember. Vietnam was pre-reagan. Democrats (Kennedy / Johnson) were running the show. We were prepared to fight the last war. Supplies were outdated. The helmet we used was the same as were used in WWII and Korea. Body armor weighed a helluva lot more than was comfortable to carry. The notion of Proportionality in war was rearing it's ugly and stupid head amongst all the democrats running the place. The notion of winning had been replaced with the notion of "fairness". The joint chiefs were a joke. If Lincoln and Grant had used those philosophies the civil war would still be going on.


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