->  ...   
   ->    
   ->  ->> I'd go even a bit farther in defining it:  The draft.   
   ->    
   ->  FS> I think it was the draft which especially bothered the   
   ->  FS> draft-age kids -- and that's certainly understandable.  I   
   ->  FS> thought the "war" was called-for -- at first.  I turned   
   ->  FS> against it when I saw that most of the "North" Vietnam POWs   
   ->  FS> were actually from the South.  Hence it was a civil war.   
   ->    
   ->  I heard that from an instructor in basic training.   
      
   I'm surprised the military would have admitted it!   
       
   ->  FS> And I think the US should avoid all civil wars.  Let the   
   ->  FS> "natives" fight it out.     
      
   ... [snip] ...   
      
   ->  FS> The Korean "war", sometimes called "The Forgotten 'war'",   
   ->  FS> was never popular with the majority of the public, probably   
   ->  FS> because "winning" was not seen as absolutely critical as   
   ->  FS> winning WWII WAS!   
   ->    
   ->  However, the Koreans thought it was important.   
      
   Especially the South ones ...   
       
   ->  ->> Then the VN thing, and I'm at a loss to figure out just what   
   happened   
   ->  FS> there.   
   ->    
   ->  We stayed too long, too many of the upper crust avoided it, and   
   ->  we never had a good reason to be there.   
   ->    
   ->  OTOH, that war did bring down the Soviet Union.   
      
   Actually the Vietnam "war" had absolutely nothing to do with the demise of   
   the "Evil Empire" Reagan was the main one to cause the Soviets to fold ...   
   the Pope also helped stiffen the backs of the nations controlled by the   
   USSR   
       
   ->  FS> I think it's known now that the North Vietnamese "navy" did   
   ->  FS> NOT actually attack us as LBJ had falsely claimed.   
   ->    
   ->  That is not known.   
      
   *I* know it ... [smug] ..   
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