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Originally posted by Barry the Sprout:
I like that way of phrasing defeat there Khazadman - "not allowed" to win. I play Snooker quite a lot and the guy I play with often doesn't allow me to win - is this the same situation?
Its a disturbing right wing tendency I've seen to see the Vietnam war as lost from within. It helps uphold the rather dangerous view that if America were agressive enough it could go anywhere, do anything, and deal with any consequences. I'm afraid that in this day and age no military is that strong.
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But it IS true. The militairy was restricted to all kinds of silly rules, like not bombing the North Vietnamese capital, and respecting the opponents national hollidays. How are you supposed to win a war if you play by rules like that ?