"Our purpose is, through a
progression of all-out attacks, to cause many U.S. casualties and so
erode the U.S. will that the antiwar influences will gain decisive
political strength," said Pham Van Dong, former prime minister of
North Vietnam. Moreover, Ho Chi Minh famously predicted, "For everyone
of yours we kill, you will kill 10 of ours. But in the end, it is you
who will grow tired."
See www.vietnam.war.info/casualties and you will learn that Ho Chi
Minh figures of 10 Vietnamese casualties would be needed to effect a
single US casualty was grossly conservative in accordance with figues
estimated by the North Vietnamese themselves after the conflict.
Since the US tragically experienced 58000 combat casualties, their
Vietnamese combatants experienced in excess of 1,000,000 combat
casualties in the process to inflict those US Army combat casualties.
In other words it took more than 17 Vietnamese combatant casualties to
effect a single US casualty in accordance with the link estimating
combat casualties for both sides of the conflict.
Anyone construing those figures to spin that America got its "arsed
kicked in Vietnam" is either living in a mythological fantasy world or
is desperately in need of a course in remedial arithmetic.
Arthur Brain wrote:
> Stan wrote:
> > "PJ O'Donovan" wrote in message
> > news:1165491236.369267.317100@79g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> > >
> > >
> > > An unsolicited email:
> > >
> > > "WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO TURN ON THE TV AND HEAR ANY U.S. PRESIDENT,
> > > DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN GIVE THE FOLLOWING SPEECH?
>
>
>
> > Not bad. But I would also say, if there is one more peep out of Iran
> > about wiping anybody off the map...they will disappear within the hour.
>
> You're a lying idiot.
>
> Not only has Iran NOT threatened anything of the sort (proving the
> continued inability of right-wingers to resist zionazi propaganda,
> despite ALL that has happened in Iraq), but bearing in mind that the
> world's SINGLE SUPERPOWER has had its arse kicked out of Vietnam,
> Lebanon, and now Iraq - exactly WHO is going to give Iran a kicking?
>
> I notice Syria have offered to help the USA in Iraq, now - isn't that
> kind of the Syrians...?
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