[King Moonracer]

If LBJ or Nixon had just hammered the VC into the stone age, the world would be a better place. Our failure there has encouraged too many groups, such as the muzzies. If we go to war, it should be all out. Every air raid should include a dozen daisy cutters. Either we defend liberty, or we stare at our feet with half measures. A daisy cutter on every known ISIS camp would dramatically improve the situation.

[oh8eleven]

If LBJ or Nixon had just hammered the VC into the stone age, the world would be a better place.
You don't know your VN history. We literally wiped out the VC during the Tet Offensive. Period.
We also put such a hurtin' on the NVA, it took them years to become an effective force again.
BTW, it was at this time (1968) N.VN was going to quit the war, but decided to stay with it thanks to the "support" they received from the anti-war scumbags in America.

[LaRueLaDue]

You are right. This comes from the liberal notion of being able to fight a “soft war” (for lack of a better term) that doesn’t try to destroy the enemy and their ability to prosecute war, and from trying too hard to prevent “collateral” damage. The term “police action” comes to mind.

War is hell, and I don’t think most people have any idea of what hell really is. And I don’t think that they make any effort to educate themselves on this subject.

War should be prosecuted as brutally and as quickly as possible. The goal should be total annihilation of the enemy. No half measures. And no stopping until the enemy is destroyed. Totally.

This is the Western way of war. We need to remind some groups of who we are.

[Leaning Right]

Our failure there (Vietnam) has encouraged too many groups, such as the muzzies

Yep. It is said that a democracy should go to war reluctantly, but fiercely. The last time the US followed that rule was in WW II.