On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:35:12 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

"Bash it"? It seems to me that he volunteered for dangerous duty in a war
that he didn't completely agree with. He put his ass on the line for his
country, even though he didn't agree with the cause. I'm not sure you'll
see
a better definition of patriotism in your lifetime.

Not saying I disagree with you regarding Kerry's patriotism, but the thought
comes to mind that perhaps we might have actually WON that war if we didn't
have so many "Indians" (like Kerry) thinking they were "Chiefs"...

You really have to wonder how motivated a soldier can be fighting in a war
he actively disagrees with? The next logical question is then: "Can a
soldier act correctly and with all due efficiency fighting a war he does not
support?" Did we lose because of the military rotting from within? Was
Kerry an example of this?

"Sixkiller" may be right : We might have been better off if he had simply
become a conscientious objector.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

C'mon Jay, have you done your homework? The US had enough military
force invested in the Vietnamese war to win it, why didn't they? Why
didn't the North Vietnamese simply give up in the face of that
incredible, overwhelming fire power?

C'mon, you know the answer.

We did not capture the nation. The military was denied permission to
invade North Vietnam because Washington was afraid it would upset
China, and we might have another Korean war on our hands. You cannot
win a war through airpower alone, you must capture all the enemy
territory and their leaders and force them to sign a document of
surrender. The military knew this, they asked permission to invade.

And who denied permission to invade? Here's a hint, it wasn't the John
Kerry's who made those kind of decisions.

The war was controled by Washington to the point where Lyndon Johnson
bragged "They can't even hit an outhouse without my permission."

The debacle of the Vietnam War is the reigning example in the history
of warfare of how NOT to fight a war. The military has studied the
defeat in monumental detail. The First Persion Gulf War showed how
well the military learned (actually they knew how to win, they just
weren't allowed to, it required that the White House agree to a
winning battle plan): Blind the enemy, gut their communications,
demoralize their soldiers and then attack swiftly with MASSIVE force.
Roll them up, don't give them a chance to organize, force a
surrender.

So let's not blame Kerry for realizing that the war was bogus right
away and working to get us out of Vietnam when he returned to civilian
life. Even the leaders of those times now admit that getting into
Vietnam was a big and I do mean BIG mistake.

Corky Scott