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Originally Posted by DEAR_JOHN
Could you please enlighten us as to when N. Korea and N. Vietnam were oil and mineral rich nations.
Also, you don't need to be so condescending to those who want to thank you for your service. My father and several uncles were members of the greatest generation and fought either in Europe of against Japan during WWII, so we all grew up with respect for those who served. During the closing years of Vietnam I was in high school junior ROTC and we had heard from our instructors (SCPO and LCDR Navy) how badly the veterans returning from Vietnam were treated. So over the decades we learned our lesson, to treat the members of our services with respect, maybe buy them breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Even though I detest your online persona, I still respect you serving our country no matter the reason you signed up for or whether you like it or not.
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Correction: No oil or minerals to steal from NK and Vietnam.
The US went to war vs NK and Nam in order to stop the spread of Communism in that region. They wanted to install American imperialism, but ultimately failed.
The wars in the Middle East were complete and utter BS!
People forget the United States invented Al Queda. Osman Bin Laden was a CIA asset who we used to proxy fight the Russians in the 80's. The US Military and CIA trained the the Afghan Mujahideen which later turned into the AL Queda. Then elements of Al Queda turned into ISIS.
Both wars in Iraq were fought under false pretenses made up by the USA.
Weapons of mass destruction?? Uranium?? Where? When?? False!
Connection between Bin Laden and Iraq-Saddam Hussain?? Never happened. We got duped by Bush via Col Powell at the United Nations meeting when he told the world this BS lie, while he was holding a vile of fake anthrax to sell his story.
Republican backed companies, Halliburton / KBR made billions off of both wars. This is a known fact.
Thousands of dead US TROOPS fighting corporate wars. Hundreds of thousands of dead Afghan and Iraq civilians as a result.
I am the son of an US Army infantry combat Vietnam veteran. I should've listened to him when he said joining the US military was the biggest mistake of my life! ...damn!