Topic: Vietnam War, lost or not.

bulldogg · January 8th, 2006

War is politics taken to its extreme according to Von Clausewitz, yet it is entirely logical to separate military action from political action. You will never read an AAR (After Action Review) which has ANYTHING pertaining to politics contained therein. Combat might occur because of political clashes but the action itself has sweet

all to do with politics. It is violence of action and there is nothing political about the realities of an honest to hades battlefield. Where "the metal meets the meat" American soldiers abso

inglutely did NOT lose in Vietnam.

A political or global geo-political loss does not a military loss make.

January 8th, 2006
bulldogg Milforum's Bouncer Gear	War is politics taken to its extreme according to Von Clausewitz, yet it is entirely logical to separate military action from political action. You will never read an AAR (After Action Review) which has ANYTHING pertaining to politics contained therein. Combat might occur because of political clashes but the action itself has sweet all to do with politics. It is violence of action and there is nothing political about the realities of an honest to hades battlefield. Where "the metal meets the meat" American soldiers absoinglutely did NOT lose in Vietnam. A political or global geo-political loss does not a military loss make. __________________ "The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental." - John Steinbeck