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5. And again, we're doing a terrible job of winning hearts and minds.

Fri Oct 16, 2015, 06:26 PM

Oct 2015

Most see our presence in Afghanistan as the better of two evils.

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I was thinking about our war in Viet Nam and the one in Afghanistan... [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 OP

Ideology was more than half the reason we were in Viet Nam OakCliffDem Oct 2015 #1

Thanks for the link--I will read it. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #3

Your opening line is right on! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #4

And again, we're doing a terrible job of winning hearts and minds. lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #5

Aren't we, though? But that was never the real goal. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #8

My husband and brothers were in 'Nam. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #6

Thanks for your info and links! I will follow up. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #9

Just found that PBS did a doc on The Commanding Heights, also. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #11

Thanks. Interesting info to go investigate, Gregorian Oct 2015 #12

I think we could have changed history more than we did back then dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #16

"communism". "oil". Smarmie Doofus Oct 2015 #7

That may certainly be true. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #10

Spot on. cwydro Oct 2015 #18

There is no military solution to an insurgency. Downwinder Oct 2015 #13

Same shit, different century. rug Oct 2015 #14

I think Smarmy got it right HeiressofBickworth Oct 2015 #15

I certainly think they have similarities. cwydro Oct 2015 #17