[Alberta's Child]

I still find it hard to believe that we fell back into the "capture and depart" policy of Vietnam regarding enemy hotspots. It didn’t make sense then. I can’t think of a decent reason why it would ever make sense, assuming one were trying gradually to subdue an entire nation.

In defense of the Pentagon, I should point out that they really didn't have much of a choice in the matter. They were given a completely unrealistic task to accomplish (in terms of both manpower needs and financial costs), and they basically had to make do with what they had.

[xzins]

There’s no good reason for spilling blood the THIRD time to take the same hill. If it’s such an important hill, then KEEP the frick-frackin’ hill. (Ramadi, Samarra...)