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Old January 13th 04, 11:54 PM
Mike Marron
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Ed Rasimus wrote:
"Gene Storey" wrote:


Well, maybe you'll write a sequal: "When Thunder Stopped Rolling"


The part where the Vietnamese had to clean up the mess you left,
and are still trying to recover economically, while you drive your
Arab Oil SUV tank to the Chinese Wal-Mart.


I've got no regrets. The Vietnamese "mess" seems much more closely
related to Marxist economics and revolutionary rhetoric than anything
we did.


Well said. And we didn't "lose" the war, per se. IIRC, we left the
South Vietnamese with the third largest air force in the world
(larger than the RAF, the post-war Luftwaffe, the Armée de l'air,
etc.) but the South Vietnamese simply didn't want to fight for
their_own_country!

The sequel right now is titled "Palace Cobra: Fascination With
a War", but that might change.


Howzabout "Air War in Shangri-la?"

It deals with going to the same targets in the F-4 five years after
the first tour, primarily because of the efforts of those you seem to
idolize who burned their draft cards and stayed home.


That, and the efforts of our politicians, of course.

Today in Vietnam, the economy is booming, tourism is rampant,
immigration is open (I encountered several Vietnamese students on
campus last semester who coincidentally were born in 1975, the year
the Saigon government fell.)


Exactly right. (Coca Cola is the beverage of choice in Vietnam these
days, no?)

As for "Arab Oil SUV tank," I drive an Infiniti coupe and my wife
drives a Toyota. We get good gas mileage. I became disenamoured of
"Yank Tanks" during the years I lived in Europe. I don't shop at
Wal-Mart, but I often suggest my classes look at clothing labels in
their local Wal-Mart as a clear indication that American free
enterprise is succeeding in undermining the Marxist utopia in China.


Speaking of which, I hold a valid Class "A" CDL (e.g: 80,000 lbs.
GVWR) w/tanker and hazmat endorsements. If these SUV's and "Yank
Tanks" get any bigger than they already are, my next "car" is gonna be
a nice Peterbilt or Freightliner with a 500 hp Cat diesel and Rockwell
Super-10 tranny (e.g: die you all you SUV pukes!

You seem to be heavily into sloganeering, innuendo, stereotyping and
simplistic interpretation of events which you don't demonstrate a
clear understanding of.


Sometimes Gene comes up with some amusing (and damn plausible)
stuff, but I've also detected quite a lot of bitterness and anger in
his posts that is somewhat disconcerting.

In any event, getting back to the topic of the importance of stealth,
I'm sure glad that they can't see my bird on radar since my
"stealthiness" enables me to operate it like both an airplane AND
an ultralight (e.g: the best of both worlds).

Is this a great country, or what! )




 




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