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Originally posted by spalind:
mmmm...wrong again there genius...Us pulling out was a POLITICAL decision designed to save face....getting them to the bargaining table to agree to a cease-fire(yeah right), was a MILITARY decision...and as far as wether I would think it would be any different in Iraq...
The fact remains...we were in a situation we couldn't win at that point. We would have pulled out anyway.

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somehow I don't remeber many Japanese acting too ballsy and still f-ing around with us after we incinerated Hiroshima and Nagasaki....
Where the hell were they going to hide, the Sea of Japan?

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just like most 3 year olds who dont have any clue as to how the real world works....Why dont you go back to school and get a degree in history or even better...join a division of the military and then come back and talk to me...
This coming from a 19 year old. You don't know what the fuck your are talking about when it comes to war, obviously.
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