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Originally Posted by generic_hippie
I pushed you off track because I needed you to see how ridiculous the circle of your war is.
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You can cut the snobbery.
You just don't know how to take "yes" for an answer. As far as Iraq goes, your opinion and my opinion probably aren't that far apart (though I'm sure we probably differ in some more nuanced ways). As for Vietnam, most of the effect that the counter-culture had on the War led to more deaths. Read what the Vietcong leaders said after the war. They became more emboldened to keep fighting when they knew how there were many who didn't just oppose the war but opposed America.
I hate war but what the counter-culture and some who oppose Iraq don't understand is that once a war begins the line between protesting and emboldening the enemy is a very fine one, indeed. God...I'm sounding like Bush right now but I should add that it's possible to protest a war without appearing weak to the enemy. My beef is mainly with those who want America to pull out tomorrow regardless of the fallout, not those who simply want the war to be over. You can't find a single military strategist worth their salt (whether they're for this war or against) who'd say that pulling out ASAP would do more good than bad.