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How the CIA Lost Vietnam
Poe.com ^ | February 13, 2008 | Richard Lawrence Poe

Posted on 02/13/2008 3:47:36 PM PST by Richard Poe

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1 posted on 02/13/2008 3:47:48 PM PST by Richard Poe
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To: Richard Poe

So where do America’s REAL enemies really reside???


2 posted on 02/13/2008 3:50:01 PM PST by EagleUSA
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To: Richard Poe

So Cronkite was working for the CIA.....


3 posted on 02/13/2008 3:50:13 PM PST by JPJones ("Get away from me you liberal meathead you")
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They had a lot of help from the mainstream media.


4 posted on 02/13/2008 3:54:25 PM PST by TBP
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So Cronkite was working for the CIA.....

Probably just too stupid to realize that he was.

5 posted on 02/13/2008 3:57:32 PM PST by FreePaul
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To: JPJones
So Cronkite was working for the CIA.....

Probably just too stupid to realize that he was.

6 posted on 02/13/2008 3:58:33 PM PST by FreePaul
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To: Richard Poe

We were right ot be in Vietnam. We were fightin gthe spread of Communism and that was absolutely, unquestionably the right thing to do. Unfortunately, we fought the entire time with a no-win strategy. (I think we did that at the beginning in Iraq too.) Ultimately, becausae we were never trying to win, we lost.

We were still fighting for a just and noble cause.


7 posted on 02/13/2008 4:01:10 PM PST by TBP
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To: EagleUSA
So where do America’s REAL enemies really reside???

Washington DC mostly.

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8 posted on 02/13/2008 4:15:11 PM PST by Lurker (Pimping my blog: http://lurkerslair-lurker.blogspot.com/)
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To: Richard Poe; All

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NEVER FORGET

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The same WALTER CRONKITE who publically declared our TET Offensive Victory a defeat in 1968...

...went on to publically call for our 11 Southern States to SECEDE from our Union. This at a Year 2000 London World Conference.

The very same WALTER CRONKITE who is now backing HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON’s re-entry into our Oval Office in a new time of war.

The very same HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON that backed Communist North Vietnam’s terrorist takeover of a then Free South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Both bringing down on a once Free South Vietnamese peopple, a most horrid...

..”JOURNEY from the FALL”..

http://www.JourneyFromTheFall.com

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1806248/posts

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts

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NEVER ever AGAIN.

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NEVER FORGET

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9 posted on 02/13/2008 4:17:31 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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cia was full of leftists - and the f’ed nixon too.


10 posted on 02/13/2008 4:19:01 PM PST by spanalot (*)
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To: Richard Poe

Crackpot Cronkite’s BS report (as well as the eroneous one about the US Embassy being captured) was one of the key reasons why the MSM shouldn’t be allowed free reign in a war/combat zone.


11 posted on 02/13/2008 4:19:47 PM PST by RWB Patriot
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Does anybody have the name of the gin soaked smart ass from CIA who decided VN was a fight worth fighting?


12 posted on 02/13/2008 4:21:47 PM PST by Thebaddog (Is there a more perfect animal than a dog?)
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To: spanalot

Nixon was the one who helped us win the Vietnam War (which was then lost by the RATs in Congress). Had he been in office rather than LBJ, the Vietnam War might be remembered differently today.


13 posted on 02/13/2008 4:23:21 PM PST by RWB Patriot
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To: ALOHA RONNIE; SandRat; river rat; ExTexasRedhead

This is a surprising charge.


14 posted on 02/13/2008 4:28:12 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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To: RWB Patriot

Exactly. Most people do not remember that Vietnam fell to a full scale (conventional) North Vietnamese invasion. It did not fall to the Vietcong guerrillas who (by 1971) were a spent force. The US Military was uniquely qualified to repel the NVA invasion (even using Airpower alone), but sat on their hands (thanks to Congress).


15 posted on 02/13/2008 4:28:27 PM PST by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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My Dad was a WWII, Korean War, Special Forces advisor in Viet Nam in 1961/62. He often related that Kennedy & the CIA sold out Diem, who was a real leader and wouldn’t allow himself to be pushed around. He also said the consensus among the boots on the ground was to fight to win with full commitment of the military or get out - not the half ass politician run effort that lost us the war.Consequently I joined the USAF in 1969 at his suggestion rather than the Army where he pointed out I would be fodder for armchair generals should I be sent to Viet Nam.
16 posted on 02/13/2008 4:29:34 PM PST by Apercu ("A man's character is his fate" - Heraclitus)
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To: spanalot

Nixon was the one who helped us win the Vietnam War (which was then lost by the RATs in Congress). Had he been in office rather than LBJ, the Vietnam War might be remembered differently today.


17 posted on 02/13/2008 4:31:13 PM PST by RWB Patriot
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To: spanalot

Nixon was the one who helped us win the Vietnam War (which was then lost by the RATs in Congress). Had he been in office rather than LBJ, the Vietnam War might be remembered differently today.


18 posted on 02/13/2008 4:35:01 PM PST by RWB Patriot
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To: Richard Poe

Sorry about the multiple posts, folks. My computer is being...difficult.


19 posted on 02/13/2008 4:37:44 PM PST by RWB Patriot
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To: Richard Poe

When a dog turns on its owner, it needs to be killed.


20 posted on 02/13/2008 4:38:11 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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