-Caveat Lector- Of course some GI's committed crimes (murder, rape, mutilation) during the V.N. War. Soldiers commit these acts in ALL wars. Such is the human condition and why war is bad and should be avoided.
The V.N. War was wrong and stupid. It was one more phase of the Vietnamese war of Independence, from the French, Japs, French and the finally the Americans who stupidly replaced the French as wannabee colonialists. When I first arrived in V.N. the anger by the average Vietnamese against all these foreigners occupying their country was obvious. No different then Americans would be up in arms at Vietnamese occupying their country, bombing civilians on a daily basis and even worse - hogging all the best restaurants and screwing all the prettiest women. (Much of the money the hookers and bar girls earned went right to the V.C. - the intelligence supplied by general's girlfriends helped kill many a poor GI.) Johnson sent the regular Army into V.N. for one reason only, to cover his ass politically because he desperately feared being accused by the Republicans for 'losing' Indo-China. Johnson's own records show he was told in 1964 V.N. was unwinnable but he didn't care and gladly sacrificied 60,000 GI's and horribly wounded many 100,000's to cover his sorry South Texas bony ass. Not to mention the enormous damage done to our economy with repurcussions still felt today. Obviously nothing is learned. Our new Iraq 'splendid adventure' will cause equal if not greater damage to our nation and again the criminal political class responsible for these outrages will escape unscathed and enriched. flw www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
