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Tue Dec-25-07 04:07 PM
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| 9. MONEY. There's a TON of money to be made when you have a war. nt |
| -A serious question for GD... |
jasonc |
Dec-25-07 03:58 PM |
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You seen Dr Strangelove? |
XemaSab |
Dec-25-07 03:59 PM |
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no |
jasonc |
Dec-25-07 04:00 PM |
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He's hard to catch |
XemaSab |
Dec-25-07 04:11 PM |
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I heard he vacations there |
jasonc |
Dec-25-07 05:16 PM |
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Damned if I know -- and I was around at the time. |
ocelot |
Dec-25-07 04:00 PM |
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To Stop Communism |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-25-07 04:02 PM |
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Well, that was the cover story |
undeterred |
Dec-25-07 05:51 PM |
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Not really so long. |
DadOf2LittleAngels |
Dec-27-07 10:01 AM |
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There must have been money in it. |
undeterred |
Dec-25-07 04:03 PM |
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Thats what I thought too... |
jasonc |
Dec-25-07 04:06 PM |
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According to Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, the military did test new ideas. |
yardwork |
Dec-27-07 09:35 AM |
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Remember the "Civil Defense Drills?" |
treestar |
Dec-27-07 10:41 AM |
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Ridiculous, wasn't it? |
yardwork |
Dec-27-07 10:42 AM |
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Your post and the post you responded to reminded me of Eisenhower's fare well address warning |
Uncle Joe |
Dec-27-07 10:08 AM |
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My 8th grade history teacher told me it was that the communist |
left is right |
Dec-25-07 05:07 PM |
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Odd |
jasonc |
Dec-25-07 05:17 PM |
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I might be wrong here, but didn't the French move out and the US move in... |
LakeSamish706 |
Dec-25-07 04:05 PM |
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Yeah |
jasonc |
Dec-25-07 04:07 PM |
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Read this book: |
H2O Man |
Dec-25-07 04:17 PM |
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Thanks for the recommendation |
jasonc |
Dec-25-07 05:18 PM |
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The "pueblo incident" was in Korea |
Toots |
Dec-27-07 07:19 AM |
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The USS Pueblo was captured by the North Koreans in 1968 |
A HERETIC I AM |
Dec-27-07 08:00 AM |
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Oh |
jasonc |
Dec-27-07 09:10 AM |
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MONEY. There's a TON of money to be made when you have a war. nt |
TheGoldenRule |
Dec-25-07 04:07 PM |
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Do you think that was the sole reason? |
jasonc |
Dec-25-07 04:09 PM |
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I have a friend who argues that all wars are about money |
treestar |
Dec-27-07 10:37 AM |
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You won't get flamed. |
Rex |
Dec-25-07 04:09 PM |
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Communism, an idealistic economics system was viewed as a pathogen that needed to be quarenteened |
DinoBoy |
Dec-25-07 04:09 PM |
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Was it that bad in the 60s and 70s? |
jasonc |
Dec-25-07 04:11 PM |
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"Communism" as it was popularly understood in the U.S. at the time was deeply feared. |
yardwork |
Dec-27-07 09:39 AM |
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Domino theory, advancing communism, unending supply of |
JohnnyLib2 |
Dec-25-07 04:12 PM |
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On my take, it was part of a global chess game, turned deadly, based on the |
pinto |
Dec-25-07 04:17 PM |
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(aside) And to be fair. Not all French influence in the country was a negative, apparently. |
pinto |
Dec-25-07 04:38 PM |
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"Why Vietnam?" (the title of one of LBJ's speeches) |
wicasa |
Dec-25-07 04:20 PM |
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Kennedy was rejecting post WWII attitudes |
OzarkDem |
Dec-27-07 09:41 AM |
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We were lied into that war, too. |
rateyes |
Dec-25-07 04:22 PM |
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In order to protect and further enrich American corporate interests in SE Asia. |
greyhound1966 |
Dec-25-07 04:24 PM |
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Those lessons were not learned |
jasonc |
Dec-25-07 04:25 PM |
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The important thing to remember is that we fucking flat out LOST, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. |
FormerRushFan |
Dec-25-07 04:31 PM |
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Sad but true |
jasonc |
Dec-25-07 05:22 PM |
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I've often reflected on the same facts. |
yardwork |
Dec-27-07 09:40 AM |
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Except, of course, for those communist insurgencies throughout the South Pacific. |
ieoeja |
Dec-27-07 10:11 AM |
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We fought the Vietnam war to protect capitalism. |
scarletwoman |
Dec-25-07 04:55 PM |
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Exactly, this whole issue and the accompanying mass murder of millions of innocent people |
greyhound1966 |
Dec-27-07 01:17 AM |
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Yes, Ho Chi Minh was more socialist |
sandnsea |
Dec-27-07 01:34 AM |
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So the military industrial complex could profit and grow? |
Beelzebud |
Dec-27-07 01:34 AM |
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My draft board ordered me to |
Thothmes |
Dec-27-07 07:41 AM |
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Read Halberstam's book The Best and The Brightest |
taterguy |
Dec-27-07 07:43 AM |
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20+ years of daily payouts to the Defense industry. |
WilliamPitt |
Dec-27-07 08:01 AM |
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To save us from "yellow dwarves with switchblades" as LBJ said. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Dec-27-07 09:15 AM |
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I'm curious |
H2O Man |
Dec-27-07 09:22 AM |
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Sure. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Dec-27-07 09:45 AM |
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Thank you. |
H2O Man |
Dec-27-07 09:49 AM |
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To stop the Communists. |
bryant69 |
Dec-27-07 09:25 AM |
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Dominos |
Husb2Sparkly |
Dec-27-07 09:27 AM |
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It was the product of the military-industrial complex. n/t |
Texas Explorer |
Dec-27-07 09:29 AM |
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That's it in a nutshell |
Jacobin |
Dec-27-07 09:38 AM |
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LBJ wanted to show he was tough... |
Bigmack |
Dec-27-07 09:34 AM |
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We had to preserve the purity of our essence. |
Orsino |
Dec-27-07 09:41 AM |
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There hadn't been a major US military action in more than a decade (Korea); |
formerrepuke |
Dec-27-07 09:49 AM |
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My mother told me "we are fighting them over there so we don't have to fight |
Jesuswasntafascist |
Dec-27-07 09:52 AM |
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An Unwarranted Fear Of Communism |
ProfessorGAC |
Dec-27-07 09:54 AM |
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Very good points, and the ego thing is definitely true |
treestar |
Dec-27-07 10:46 AM |
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to kill them darn commies! haha |
iamthebandfanman |
Dec-27-07 09:54 AM |
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Reason |
DadOf2LittleAngels |
Dec-27-07 09:55 AM |
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Started out small, then we got enmeshed |
Armstead |
Dec-27-07 09:56 AM |
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Rubber and Communism |
ieoeja |
Dec-27-07 10:06 AM |
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I've been told that part of the agreement at the |
brazos121200 |
Dec-27-07 10:16 AM |
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Money, honey |
Trailrider1951 |
Dec-27-07 10:32 AM |
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Don't flatter yourself...it's embarrassing |
alcibiades_mystery |
Dec-27-07 10:34 AM |
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