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Fwiw.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Former vet, current pacifist.

[Diogenesis]

"Use the stolen FBI files already.
I want everyone mentioned in them to be "troubled" immediately.
Use them to manipulate now -- as before - without accountability."

[sd-joe]

Webb is SO 60's.

He is stuck in the Vietnam trauma.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Thoughts? Another 'Nam?

[anton]

8 years of Clinton left a stinking film over most all of U.S. institutions, public and private.

[fightu4it]

We haven't even caught Saddam yet and this bozo wants to turn things over to the UN? Get real!

[A.A. Cunningham]

Not surprising as he spoke out against attacking Iraq last fall.

Webb: Don't Attack Iraq

[bushfamfan]

Senile. Let's hope that's the case for him.

[ampat]

So much for 20/20 hindsight. I agree as far as not wanting a slaughter of US troops, if that should happen. It hasn't yet. As ineffective as the UN is, if there were a slaughter, I'd rather see UN troops pummeled. Maybe that would get that sorry organization off its ass, or cause it to decide that there will no longer be UN forces.

[ampat]

So much for 20/20 hindsight. I agree as far as not wanting a slaughter of US troops, if that should happen. It hasn't yet. As ineffective as the UN is, if there were a slaughter, I'd rather see UN troops pummeled. Maybe that would get that sorry organization off its ass, or cause it to decide that there will no longer be UN forces.

[Mr. Mojo]

Yet another Vietnam casualty.

[montag813]

The United States should quickly get the United Nations involved in administering and patrolling the country, he said.

Webb's experience as a veteran means sh*t. Look at George McGovern. Look at the cowardly ex-General Yitzhak Rabin. Military experience is no guarantee of political logic. Webb's statement above shows him to be a political imbicile.

[olliemb]

If the United Nations tooks over, who would the soldiers be? I believe the USA pays the most money to the United Nations and our troops would be the ones fighting. So why does this ex secretary think it a good idea for the United Nations to be in charge?

[Southack]

Mr. Webb is a former Secretary of the Navy, Assistant Secretary of Defense, and full Committee Counsel of the U.S. Congress. He is also the award winning author of Fields of Fire and many other best selling novels on Vietnam and Asia.



Question 1. You recently published a new novel entitled Lost Soldiers. The book has now been out about three months. How has the reception been so far for the book and what led you to write this new book on Vietnam?

Answer: The overall reception for the book has been excellent, and among those who have a connection with Vietnam it's been incredible. This includes veterans, but also those who have visited or lived in Vietnam over the past ten years or so. I actually began writing the book in 1994, when I was first doing business inside Vietnam...