Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Chainmail

When you say nukes don’t work in mountainous or jungle terrain....maybe that’s why we nuked cities, right? duh. Although nukes work best on flat terrain, they work better than conventional bombs in any geography. Remember 1 megaton is equal to one million 2000 pounders. You got one million bombs handy? Nope.

Nukes would have worked in Vietnam. ONE on Hanoi and it would have been over. INSTANTLY. DONE. Billions saved. Years not wasted and most importantly 50, 000 Americans would have been saved from death and hundreds of thousands spared serious injury.

And to think the Russians would have risked total annihilation over a small far away country like North Vietnam is a wrong. Not anymore than the Russians would have nuked us over Cuba, something the Russians have long since admitted they were not going to do.

I am a well known Marine, and you calling me a liar is a serious thing. YOU don’t rate squat from this Marine.

Try concentrating your fire on the LeftWingRegresives instead of attacking U.S. Marines.


67 posted on 05/16/2015 10:31:57 PM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 62 | View Replies ]


To: TomasUSMC

Zero proof you ever were a Marine: MOS? Rank? Duty stations?

The mission wasn’t to eradicate Vietnam; it was to rescue the South Vietnamese from the VC and the NVA. Using nuclear weapons would have only killed a whole lot of innocent people and stained our country for all time.

If we had used them, there is no way that the Soviets would not have used them on us - North Vietnam was their client state. You would have killed several thousand Russians as well.

Other than killing hundreds of thousands in cities, nukes would have little effect on the troops in the field - other than make them fight harder.

If you actually ever were a Marine, there was good reason never to put you in charge of anyone.


68 posted on 05/17/2015 3:21:56 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 67 | View Replies ]

To: TomasUSMC
"I am a well known Marine"

Really? Couldn't prove it by me. You still can't or won't tell us when you served, what MOS you had, what units, etc. But, no you haven't provided squat and all I've gotten from you is homosexual-oriented threats by private mail.

I have my service history on my personal page - easy, isn't it? If you can't prove you were a Marine, you need to change your name.

69 posted on 05/17/2015 7:45:53 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 67 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson