General Discussion

locks

(2,012 posts)

37. One of our great retired military officers

Sat Aug 9, 2014, 10:25 PM

Aug 2014

was interviewed today on CNN and asked what Obama should do in Iraq since a lot of the Iraqis do not want to fight the ISIS. With a straight face he said "Obama needs to do what always worked in all our wars: find the Iraqis who want to fight and help them go door to door and kill all the ISIS who are hiding with the Iraqis. That's what worked well in Vietnam."

Ah yes I remember it well, we helped the South Vietnamese go to all the homes, find all the North Vietnamese and kill all the families who were hiding them. We had to destroy their villages so we could save them.

And we all know how our boys came home victorious and proud, telling us what a lovely war Vietnam was.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

41 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

The War Photo No One Would Publish [View all] kpete Aug 2014 OP

K&R G_j Aug 2014 #1

This is but a glimpse into the workings of WAR madokie Aug 2014 #2

Saw the death and carnage first hand, IronGate Aug 2014 #3

The picture is for the 99% of Americans who have never witnessed anything like this. lark Aug 2014 #15

haunting Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 #4

WW 2 photos October Aug 2014 #5

October kpete Aug 2014 #6

War is war, hell is hell. War is worse. jmowreader Aug 2014 #19

"It seems it cannot be stopped at this point" Yes, we can. merrily Aug 2014 #7

You're right! October Aug 2014 #40

"Money rules all..." CrispyQ Aug 2014 #10

I.E. Dick Cheney............ Stainless Aug 2014 #22

My dad gave me the same lessons as your grandfather.... paleotn Aug 2014 #11

Important lessons October Aug 2014 #41

I don't know if they have become numb. F4lconF16 Aug 2014 #28

No one would join the army if they thought this was what war looked like McCamy Taylor Aug 2014 #8

Growing up in the UK... dickthegrouch Aug 2014 #13

Another DUer posted this poem sometime ago. It's very haunting. CrispyQ Aug 2014 #9

One of the most haunting poems ballabosh Aug 2014 #17

I heard of the bombing of the column in retreat back when it happened, hedgehog Aug 2014 #12

Our true legacy which many will deny. A Simple Game Aug 2014 #14

Someone wins. F4lconF16 Aug 2014 #30

Amen. (nt) paleotn Aug 2014 #38

Some people will always profit from war but the countries and their people never win. n/t A Simple Game Aug 2014 #39

As soon as the wars began being "reported" from hotels, mbperrin Aug 2014 #16

After the war in Vietnam was brought to us in real images lunatica Aug 2014 #18

I spoke to a British soldier who was part of that operation. He told me we had no sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #20

If people saw the real pictures coming out of Gaza they might think differently Marrah_G Aug 2014 #21

I posted one of those pictures down below. go west young man Aug 2014 #34

No justification for this: yellowwoodII Aug 2014 #23

Great poem, great poet. panader0 Aug 2014 #25

Our tax dollars at work. Unknown Beatle Aug 2014 #24

I remember that photo. Somebody published it. Throd Aug 2014 #26

Dick Cheney gets a warm and fuzzy feeling looking at this SummerSnow Aug 2014 #27

Similar to what's going on in Ukraine and Gaza. go west young man Aug 2014 #29

+1 Owl Aug 2014 #36

Billboard trucks carrying images like this xfundy Aug 2014 #31

, blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #32

That photo should hang in the halls of Congress - TBF Aug 2014 #33

+1 flamingdem Aug 2014 #35

One of our great retired military officers locks Aug 2014 #37