[AZLiberty]

The American observers who said that the VC did not value life ? Vietnamese or American ? were right. The South Vietnamese soldiers, on the other hand, did not want to die.

We face the same question today: how does a culture of life defeat a culture of death? Even a culture of life must risk death to preserve itself. Fortunately, as the Soviets discovered this culture of life provides the wealth, the technology, and the intelligence to defeat the enemy at acceptable cost. It only takes the will.

[mrustow]

The American observers who said that the VC did not value life ? Vietnamese or American ? were right. The South Vietnamese soldiers, on the other hand, did not want to die.

We face the same question today: how does a culture of life defeat a culture of death? Even a culture of life must risk death to preserve itself. Fortunately, as the Soviets discovered this culture of life provides the wealth, the technology, and the intelligence to defeat the enemy at acceptable cost. It only takes the will.

That's one huge "only."

[ClearCase_guy]

We face the same question today: how does a culture of life defeat a culture of death?

But it was similar in WWII in the Pacific. The Kamikazis were Japanese naval policy for about a year, I think. Lots and lots of suicide planes. And don't forget Okinawa when the Japanese population was fully prepared to die in the fight against America.

Such a fight is always ugly. But it can be won -- if we are prepared to kill a s***load of the enemy.

The question for America is not "Do we have the nerve to accept American losses?" the question is "Do we have the stomach to kill millions of the enemy if necessary?"