[bomelia]

Picture? What picture? A can't even see the post!

The Killing Fields happened for a variety of reasons. We probably should never have been in Vietnam, and once we were, we should have done the job the right way. Very complex problem.

The Tet offensive basically destroyed the North, but Walter Cronkite declared it as a loss for us. Had we stayed a bit longer, and been allowed to fight the correct way, the North would have been a footnote in history. But we left, and the North still had Russia & China (and their weapons), and the Killing Fields happened. Lots of people to blame. Had we left Iraq before the surge, the same kind of thing would have happened. Iran would have made it possible.

Some 50,000 American lives were lost in vain, and some 2000 more are still unaccounted for, my Dad being one of those. Quitting in Iraq would be a very, very bad idea. Let the generals do their job.

BTW, have you noticed that no one is singing the praises of General Petraeus?

Mike