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>From: crites@ab.wvnet.edu
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy,rec.arts.sf.misc,alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Re: 21st Century Soldier
Message-ID: <1992Sep24.155522.443@ab.wvnet.edu>
Date: 24 Sep 92 20:55:21 GMT
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In article <1992Sep23.233940.1426@scubed.com>, hap@scubed.com (Hap Freiberg) writes:
> In article <1992Sep17.012641.15654@highlite.uucp> mike@highlite.uucp (Mike Wiik) writes:
>>
>>I'm not a veteran... and...
>>I'll probably get flamed for this, but I do think the VC and NVA deserve
>>more respect. "Taking out" out North Vietnam would have taken either nukes
>>or a large-scale invasion resulting in much higher US casualties. And
>>remember: the war was a resurrection in South Vietnam, not North vs South
>                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>(as in Korea). It's difficult to use nukes against guerillas...
>>
>>	-Mike
> Especially when they have resurrected (or should that be "have been
> resurrected"..)  :-)
> 
> As an aside: the NVA had no use and little repsect for the VC. Witness
> the 1967 Tet Offensive...
> 
> Another aside: I happened to be in an area where ROK troops were operating.
> The NVA wanted nothing to do with the ROKs at all.  US Marines, ok. ROKs, nope.
> 
> My 0.02.........
> 
> Hap


