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Rob MacNichol wrote: "Vietnam demonstrated to the terrorists in Iraq--who are killing Americans as I type--that in time their tactics will cause enough internal desention inside the US to force America to withdraw its military and leave the terrorists in power. The results of the Vietnam war should be a chilling reminder to Americans that failure gives aid and comfort to their enemies -- present and future." But of course this raises the fundamental question of whether the U.S. should have been engaged in either Vietnam or Iraq. Does it not? Matt Clark
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