Ping.
North Vietnam and the VC kept their campaigns to South Korea. Muslim jihadists want to take over the world.
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I guess the conflict in Burma is part of what we were fighting to prevent during Vietnam.
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Thanks for the ping. It was a good read. I certainly agree with the writer as it relates to the regional conflict and aftermath in Southeast Asia. As it applies to Iraq and our need to see this conflict through, I also agree. We cannot allow a Vietnam type failure to occur here. It would be terrible for Iraq, the region and the world at large, including us.
Where I do have some problems, is where he seems to suggest we take in more refugees. I recognize there are serious problems in other parts of the world. I realize some of those folks were our allies. What I also realize is what takes place when hundreds of thousands of these people enter our nation.
Humans being what they are, they like to be with others like themselves. And when refugees enter the U.S. they generally focus on a few locations, and concentrate their numbers in those locations.
I live in a community of about 200,000 residents. From 1980 through 2000, my community became the new home to around 130,000 refugees. I don’t know if our government gave them the money, or if they came with the money, all I know is that they started buying up property in my home town. This became more widespread increasing to the point that my home town is now about 65% the home of people born in one location in another part of the world, who came here as adults. That doesn’t even incluede those who live her from south of the border or from other parts of the world.
I would be very surprised of even 25% of the people living in my home town, are native born.
Many of these people are great people. No matter how great they are, they bring in their old customs, their old language, their old baggage, and we have to deal with it.
Let me tell you about the charming aspects of bringing in people from other nations. When is the last time you walked out to your trash cans to throw away trash, and found a dead cat that had been cooked? Folks, please give this some thought. It may be a casual subject to you, but when your kids have to deal with it, I guarantee you it won’t be so casual.
I’ve seen the ravaging effects of immigration and refugee relocation on my area. I would urge folks not to go down this road. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone else.
Thank you for posting this. Mike Benge knows precisely what he is talking about.
Now wasn't the ultimate goal to defeat US by communizing the masses of the world. Given the attempt by liberals to make the war against terrorists their symbolic Vietnam, are we still dealing with the same leopard and bear?
