<p>Hereshoping: Well, there are very many analogies with Vietnam that are sound: we are fighting a war that has no hope of a winning outcome for us; we are damned if we do and if we don’t in the sense that if we leave we feel we will be signaling weakness to an enemy, but on the other hand, if we stay we will just waste lives and treasure and not secure a good outcome for the country we will eventually leave in tatters – and will actually be weaker; we were stampeded into this war on flimsy grounds, and we are fighting multiple enemies (as opposed to one in Vietnam) that consider their tribal/ethnic/religious allegiances to be paramount and that have national aspirations.</p>
<p>But the analogy of troops being misused or mistreated by anti-war folks?! What are you smoking? Must be something from the good old stoner AWOL days that your smoker friends left in your stash box. 'Cause that ain’t happening.</p>
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