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Art_from_Ark

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12. It made a particular impression on me

Reply to suffragette (Reply #11)

Thu Aug 29, 2013, 11:49 PM

Aug 2013

because Senator Fulbright was from my home state and I was watching it with my grandfather (American Legion member) who was a bit, shall we say, hawkish.

Yeah, Vietnam was on the news each night, and when they gave the casualty counts-- with the bad guys always getting more casualties than the good guys ("100 Viet Cong killed, 10 Americans wounded&quot -- I used to think, "Yay, we're winning!"

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"The Arrogance of Power" [View all] Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 OP

K&R suffragette Aug 2013 #1

food for thought Supersedeas Aug 2013 #7

Certainly is. suffragette Aug 2013 #10

I remember watching Senator Fulbright on Meet the Press Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 #8

Great memory, Art. suffragette Aug 2013 #11

It made a particular impression on me Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 #12

Yes, it is arrogant to talk of punishing one country for breaking “international norms” sinkingfeeling Aug 2013 #2

Fulbright on "imperial temptations": Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 #3

"In shallow waters dragons become the sport of shrimps." Octafish Aug 2013 #4

Senator Fulbright was truly a remarkable man Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 #9

This was required reading for my Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #5

That is so cool! Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 #6