One of my all time favorites.
Watched the movie last night.
Mel Gibson movies are, of course, very realistic to the point at making you cringe, but it’s the real thing, right?
That movie gives you everything you need to know about Viet Nam. It was a war, brought on by old men in their easy chairs, that was not thought out in any way.
The army was not at all prepared, certainly not at the top. By chance, the first real battle is fought by leaders who understood.
The lesson too, was that the North was beaten the first time. And they knew it would be tough to defeat the Americans.
Which brings us to the present.
Everyone is talking about us fighting the Chinese, and Iranians and Nato... with the Russians etc.
We finally have someone in the WH, who sees the bigger picture here. For the first time, someone who might look at things differently and see that war if futile.
Take Taiwan. Are we really going to risk our air craft carriers in a war with China over Taiwan? Although, we could probably beat them now, in ten maybe five years, they might beat us.
Instead, it might take someone like Trump to ask China? Why should we fight over this island? What is it that you want. The Taiwanese have had a taste of freedom, I don’t think those people will go quietly into the night, but they’ll fight back.
So, maybe there’s a solution without war.
OTOH, China is doomed. It’s only a matter of time, before they will succumb to the failure of the socialist system they embrace.
Great movie.... but intense...very intense...