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To: Saije
"I guarantee the Taliban will be back inside a week. If you can’t hold the village then what’s the point in going in there in the first place?” Bryant said. “As soon as you leave, it will be back in enemy hands within two or three days, and that’s not worth a soldier’s life.”

Substitute "VietCong" for "Taliban" and there you have it. Welcome to 1968.

14 posted on 10/04/2009 9:03:13 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Truth--The liberal's Kryptonite)
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To: hinckley buzzard
Substitute "VietCong" for "Taliban" and there you have it. Welcome to 1968.

My thoughts exactly while listening to the Sunday morning interview shows today.

19 posted on 10/04/2009 9:18:46 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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