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Post by serpico on Apr 4, 2008 16:16:15 GMT
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Post by Dallas Cowboy on Apr 4, 2008 16:49:59 GMT
A fine man in both word and deed.
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Post by Olgrligm on Apr 4, 2008 20:00:17 GMT
Agreed.
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Post by TheDee51 on Apr 4, 2008 20:07:50 GMT
The greatest speech ever heard. RIP
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Post by serpico on Apr 4, 2008 20:37:08 GMT
His words in that clip above are still relevant today, with regards Iraq, which like the Vietnam war was started on the basis of a lie (gulf of tonkin incident) , and where he talks about the chemicals being tested on the Vietnamese see the Fallujah attack in 04 when the US used white phosphorous bombs.
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Post by TheDee51 on Apr 4, 2008 20:46:22 GMT
soz serps - you lost me at "his" ;D
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Post by serpico on Apr 4, 2008 20:53:20 GMT
soz serps - you lost me at "his" ;D Stop watching TV and Go Sqeegee your third eye.
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Post by Olgrligm on Apr 4, 2008 21:06:11 GMT
From my general education, the cause of Vietnam seemed pretty clearcut - big nasty Communist China influenced by big nasty Communist Russia were helping Communist groups in the countries around them to take over. Maybe it's just me.
Excuse my ignorance, but what are the white phosphorous bombs and why are they illegal?
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Post by TheDee51 on Apr 4, 2008 21:06:29 GMT
i got to "TV" that time, then....whoooooooooshhhhh ;D
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Post by serpico on Apr 4, 2008 21:25:21 GMT
From my general education, the cause of Vietnam seemed pretty clearcut - big nasty Communist China influenced by big nasty Communist Russia were helping Communist groups in the countries around them to take over. Maybe it's just me. Excuse my ignorance, but what are the white phosphorous bombs and why are they illegal? It's not technically a "chemical weapon" but it's pretty close, the white phosphorus burns the skin from bones, and I didn't say it was illegal. The gulf of Tonkin incident gave the US government the justification they needed to start the vietnam war in earnest, after US warships were "attacked" they passed the gulf of tonkin resolution which gave authorization to escalate US military action in Vietnam, the problem is it's now been revealed the attacks didn't even happen.
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Post by Olgrligm on Apr 4, 2008 23:29:16 GMT
Karma for that explanation. Cheers.
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