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To: pgkdan
'The US never lost a single battle in Viet Nam '

This is about myths of the Vietnam War, and you continue to spread one.

The US lost many battles, that is a fact of war[military conflict].

22 posted on 09/30/2010 8:06:52 AM PDT by Palter (If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it. ~ Mark Twain)
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To: Palter
The US lost many battles, that is a fact of war[military conflict].

I believe in "On Strategy" it was described as having never lost any "major" battles, not "battles" which, while some people may sloppily slip into using that, (as people do), would be unrealistic. Even in Iraq, we lost "battles".

40 posted on 09/30/2010 8:40:04 AM PDT by ansel12 ([fear of Islam.] Once you are paralyzed by fear of Mohammedanism...you have lost the battle.)
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To: Palter; Squantos; ridgerunner

i don’t recall Hackworth going on about all that and your guys’s site may have a foot in accuracy

but on that same site he describes Platoon as a great war movie

let me tell you something.

that is the first time I have ever heard an American Combat Vet list PLATOON...that piece of filth movie directed at our troops..as a great war movie...I came of age in that era..born 1957...I still recall my shame when i realized the reaction when I asked a combat vet buddy of mine who had been capMarine in 1970 and I asked if he had seen Platoon...whew..

so I’m suspect of your link or at least the author’s intent

to his credit...at least he didn’t call Casualties of War a great movie


54 posted on 09/30/2010 9:58:47 AM PDT by wardaddy (We are on a roll like I have never seen.)
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