That is a laughable thought. The history of Vietnam isn't his battle alone. You still don't seem to realize the import of your fauz pax.
I wouldn’t say it was lazy characterization, it was a poor sentence, I’ve never blamed the military for the loss of Vietnam and didn’t think could be interpreted in that way.
I can't see any other way to interpret your initial statement. It says what it says and it was worded precisely enough to take at face value.
Sometimes what we think we're saying isn't at all what we are saying I will give you that. My apologies for jumping on your back before following the exchange to the end. I guess I'm just another flaming asshole amongst the many here. ;^)
Maybe it’s a laughable thought for you. Two of the big life lessons that were hammered into me growing up were to not fight somebody else’s fight, and to not let anybody else fight mine. Everybody has their own emotional baggage, part of mine is battle ownership.
Well apparently it wasn’t that precise since half the world isn’t reading it the way it was intended. Oh well, we’re all flaming assholes once in a while, it’s how you know you’ve got a pulse.
Hope Christmas was good for you. Time to play some Madden.