But we did defend there for the better part of two decades and Snow overlooks the biggest myth-- the idea that our efforts were wasted. They weren't because our goal was (or was supposed to have been) containment, not conquest. We contained communism (or at least slowed it down a lot) enough for Reagan to finish it off in the '80's. I'd call it a successful Fabian defense. Write Mr. Snow an e-mail and tell him you just read his column. Make sure you point this out to him. If he is half the journalist I think he is, he will mull your comments over and file them away in his memory banks.
The next time he has the opportunity to write about the Viet Nam war he will address this.
You're an inspiration --thanks!
This just went to Snow via Foxnews:
Yo Tony!
Over at the Freerepublic there's been a bit of flack about your Vietnam Column (
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1069120/posts?page=18#18). A lot there –check out especially from #18(mine) thru #58(Samwise)-- but the main point is that you sell short the success of America's 'holding action' which formed a part of a policy of containment.
Don't get us wrong; I'm sure we argue about your columns a lot more than you argue about ours. Just the same, please celebrate America's successes in your next Vietnam column.