Comments on: Waiting for Tet http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2005/12/06/waiting-for-tet/ The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, But It Will Be Blogged Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:15:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jedix http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2005/12/06/waiting-for-tet/comment-page-1/#comment-2225 jedix Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:16:46 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dbnews/2005/12/06/waiting-for-tet/#comment-2225 <a></a> Hello people! <a href="http://jedix-1.at.vwdhosting.net/index.html">buy tramadol</a>

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]]> By: Ruby Sinreich http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2005/12/06/waiting-for-tet/comment-page-1/#comment-955 Ruby Sinreich Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:11:24 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dbnews/2005/12/06/waiting-for-tet/#comment-955 <a></a> Thank you for writing about this. Iraq has looked like Vietnam to me ever since 2002. But since I didn't have to live through that conflict in the 60's your insights are helpful. It's shocking that the Boomers who were there appear to have conveniently erased Vietnam from their memories. How else could we be right here right now?

Thank you for writing about this. Iraq has looked like Vietnam to me ever since 2002. But since I didn’t have to live through that conflict in the 60’s your insights are helpful.

It’s shocking that the Boomers who were there appear to have conveniently erased Vietnam from their memories. How else could we be right here right now?

]]> By: Chad http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2005/12/06/waiting-for-tet/comment-page-1/#comment-953 Chad Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:24:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dbnews/2005/12/06/waiting-for-tet/#comment-953 <a></a> One difference - Iraq is hugely strategic in the near-term world economy. The US planners really are going to be a lot more reluctant to give this one up than Vietnam, which didn't have any kind of resources worth controlling comparable to Iraq. So - buckle up for a long hard slog!

One difference – Iraq is hugely strategic in the near-term world economy. The US planners really are going to be a lot more reluctant to give this one up than Vietnam, which didn’t have any kind of resources worth controlling comparable to Iraq. So – buckle up for a long hard slog!

]]> By: James Robertson http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2005/12/06/waiting-for-tet/comment-page-1/#comment-952 James Robertson Wed, 07 Dec 2005 03:04:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dbnews/2005/12/06/waiting-for-tet/#comment-952 <a></a> Except, the moral inheritance of the loss in Vietnam was the following: -- the Cambodian Holocaust -- The Vietnamese exodus (boat people) -- the consensus view of our oppononents that we would run when the going got tough That last point gave the Soviets the idea to invade Afghanistan in 1978, figuring we would do nothing. Yes, the echoes from that are still being felt. The Iranians in 1978 felt they could grab Embassy personal with impunity Those thoughts were amplified when Reagan cut and run from Lebanon in 1983, and again when Bush sr. fought half a war in 1991, and Clinton bailed on Somalia. It was again reinforced by the unanswered terror attacks all through the 90's, leading to 9/11, which we finally answered. Yeah, there's an inheritance from abandoning Vietnam and Southeast Asia. It's an ugly one that no one should be proud of. Pitchers throw high hard ones after homeruns for the same reason.

Except, the moral inheritance of the loss in Vietnam was the following:

– the Cambodian Holocaust
– The Vietnamese exodus (boat people)
– the consensus view of our oppononents that we would run when the going got tough

That last point gave the Soviets the idea to invade Afghanistan in 1978, figuring we would do nothing. Yes, the echoes from that are still being felt.

The Iranians in 1978 felt they could grab Embassy personal with impunity

Those thoughts were amplified when Reagan cut and run from Lebanon in 1983, and again when Bush sr. fought half a war in 1991, and Clinton bailed on Somalia. It was again reinforced by the unanswered terror attacks all through the 90’s, leading to 9/11, which we finally answered.

Yeah, there’s an inheritance from abandoning Vietnam and Southeast Asia. It’s an ugly one that no one should be proud of.

Pitchers throw high hard ones after homeruns for the same reason.

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