History Forum / General / General Topics / November 2005

re: containment of Communism policy,
1940s to 1990s pursued by Democrats & Republicans.

The pragmatic, rational, ugly sacrificing/
meat-grindering known as  limited warfare--rather than maximal
warfare--in Korea, Vietnam, etal is what our leaders share in common.

Korean Police Action U.S. Troops' Deaths & Injuries =? 150,000?U.S.
deaths and ? injured.

Vietnam Conflict U.S. Troops' Deaths & Injuries = 50,000 U.S. troop
deaths & ? injuries.

These U.S.-centric statistics do not include the millions/thousands of
non U.S. casualties.

For instance, the 2-3 million of Cambodians slaughted by Pol Pot
apparently grew-out/by-
product/consequence of Vietnam war--
dynamic of the chaos.

PERHAPS Mao's  "cultural revolution" was a dynamic too, but I can't
feel guilt for Mao.

The Hungarian Revolution, 1956, was not intervened into by the U.S.

Why do you think Ike decided to not intervene?

Could it be spelled a-t-o-m-i-c/h-y-d-r-o-g-e-n BOMB fear?

Ike was criticized by some
in U.S. for stirring it up but not intervening.

And the same goes for Korea & Vietnam limited warfare policies.

The cold war was no bed of roses.

It was an expedient & pragmatic accomodation/compromise to all-out war.

It was the compromising of compromisings.

Please do not totally
cuss Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan,
Bush-1 for doing the  sacrificings they did.

Though you're allowed to rant-about
& second-guess  the damne idiots too, which is what free-speech has to
be about.

For instance:

The recent disclosure about the "mis-firing"/mis-interpretation about
the initiating of the Vietnam thing via
mis-interpretation/mistake/deliberate b.s.
of the firing on the
TURNER JOY (? what was U.S. ship's name?)
incident, Gulf of Tonkin resolution:
sickening as shite stuff.

I looked at yer illustrations of heroes andI agree
with you on Rachel Corrie, a very brave young
girl, but I wonder if you really know the whole
story on that black communist, you have pictured.
She was no hero and no accident. It was planned
and carried out by American communists.