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In Reply to: RE: It was that damned 1958 T-bird. posted by immatthewj on November 21, 2020 at 09:59:34:
They were (supposedly) the best and brightest and they were wrong.
There was plenty of information out there, they just didn't want to see it.
Failed to learn from the Korean War, for one thing, or Dien Bien Phu. Still, the only lesson our leaders have taken from the horrendous military adventurism of the post-WWII era is, don't have a draft. Because if anybody's kid can get killed in Iraq, then the general public might sit up and take notice.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
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