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To: Unrepentant VN Vet

I think we said exactly that, with some colorful variations all through the war, Unrepentant.

Wars need to run through the Department of War/Defense, not the Department of State.

Otherwise, they aren’t wars, but merely very dangerous distractions.

1,671 posted on 04/30/2007 8:58:40 AM PDT by pinz-n-needlez (Dogwood Blossoms trickle down like Snow, bringing hope of Renewal, Redemption and Resurrection)

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1,672 posted on 04/30/2007 9:08:13 AM PDT by Uncle Ike (He who smiles and keeps his head when all about are losing theirs - doesn't understand the situation)

To: pinz-n-needlez

“...we said exactly that, with some colorful variations all through the war”

After finally shoehorning some information out of my Dad (a P-51 driver who flew tactical reconnaissance for Georgy Patton), the Korea vet in-laws, my brothers and I from ‘Nam most of the First Gulf War and now the WOT, we’ve all been saying exactly that about way too many wars.

Problem is, that while it might seem like a distraction to some, those distractions have an annoying habit of getting people sent home in body bags.

If you can find anything to put in the bag, or (my personal burr under the saddle) even bother to look. (I’ve still got former student pilots on the MIA list.)

1,677 posted on 04/30/2007 9:24:33 AM PDT by Unrepentant VN Vet (I'm rapidly running out of reasons to consider a democrat as a citizen of the same country.)

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