'Nam Vet with Something to Say

I went to Viet Nam when I was 18 years old. My wife is always after me to get political, and Associated Content seems really political to me so I'm going to speak my mind.

Viet Nam is the latest banner for the Democrats to wave every time Iraq comes up. They aren't the same thing by any means. We went to Viet Nam during the Eisenhower presidency and added "advisors" during the JFK years. Under the "leadership" of Lyndon Johnson, the war escalated into a nightmare. I enlisted in 1969 when I turned 18. We had "rules of engagement" that forced us to fight a part time war while being attacked full time by the Viet Cong. You can't win a war against an enemy who uses everyone and everything available against you if you don't do the same thing. "Fight fire with fire" is true. Our P.O.W.'s were held in horrific prison camps, just ask John McCain (some still, if they survived) while we extended much better treatment and the Geneva Conventions to their forces. It didn't work then and it won't work now. They use "human shields" and we back off. Why? Anyone stupid enough to get between armed aggressors (whatever their politics) deserves to be blown to kingdom come!