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Originally posted by papichulo
basically it was a half-hearted attempt?
I dunno... Its not like the US didn't POUR resources into Nam. In fact, we poured so much $$$ into Nam that it fucked up our Gold Reserves.... so much that Nixon had to take the USA off the Gold standard.
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Setting up lines you could not cross, ports and cities you could not bomb for fear you might hit a Russian, Chinaman, or a Cuban . . . yes, we fought that war for 10 years with one hand tied behind our backs, spent billions, and had 65,000 men killed