Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 19:01:44 -0600 (CST) From: Jay Nelson <noslenj@swbell.net> To: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Guns and freedom [Was: Re: On "intelligent people" and"dangers to BSD"] Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003301855280.745-100000@acp.swbell.net> In-Reply-To: <38E2CE94.915116A6@mail.ptd.net>
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Thomas M. Sommers wrote: >Jay Nelson wrote: >> >> With greater odds, Victor Charlie cleaned our collective clock. > >They didn't clean our clocks. After Tet '68 they were done as an >effective fighting force. What they and their friends and allies did do >was make the cost to us of winning higher than we were willing to pay. >The results on the ground may be the same as if we had had our clocks >cleaned, but the lessons learned are very different. I suspect you're right. Fleeing the top of the embassy leaving many behind indicates a high cost. I suspect the differences don't mean much to Charlie. From '68 to 75, their ineffectiveness accomplished the goal. Do you see any differences in today's US govt than then? -- Jay To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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