The problem with Vietnam as a competitor is that Vietnam was a strategically marginal area.
That makes Vietnam worse in a sense, but you've got a good point. From a strategic standpoint a disaster in the Middle East trumps a disaster in Southeast Asia.
tommyrot - that's a hilarious video. I have to admit that my cat Tanuki LOVES getting into small spaces. . . although I've never tried to get her to fit into a fishbowl.
The problem with Vietnam as a competitor is that Vietnam was a strategically marginal area. Iraq was a strategic error in the Middle East. (You could argue that Vietnam was morally worse. Vietnam deaths numbered in the millions where our best guess as to how many Iraqi lives we've wasted is around 700,000. But the Iraq war is not over, and the number killed accelerates every month. So it could yet surpass Vietnam as a moral failure too.)
If this ACTUALLY starts WWIII Bush
totally
wins.
Sure, Tom. It's not like you ever...oh, wait.
Don't look at me....
You were the first to know it seems.
I really don't remember enough about the Carter administration (I was just a kid at the time) to really comment about it. Hell of an ex-president though.
Word.
The problem with Vietnam as a competitor is that Vietnam was a strategically marginal area.
It was the DOMINOS, man!!
Such a shame about the fellow. I'm glad they found the family.
ION, interesting NYT article about spam.