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    Quote Originally Posted by fpv_gtho
    Bombing a country into oblivion. Now THERES a solution to everything
    That's what you do in a war- defeat the enemy.
    I'm not sure that Goldwater said those exact words, but it means the same thing... use more than ample military force to defeat the enemy.
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    And Why?

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    Why what? Defeat the enemy? That's what is supposed to be done in a war.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500
    That's what you do in a war- defeat the enemy.
    I'm not sure that Goldwater said those exact words, but it means the same thing... use more than ample military force to defeat the enemy.
    Defeat the enemy or wipe out a helpless population
    I am the Stig

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    No, use "more than ample military to defeat an enemy"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by spi-ti-tout
    No, use "more than ample military to defeat an enemy"?
    Well, a war can't be won using less than ample military!
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    You win a war with AMPLE military. I agree you can't win a war with LESS than ample military. But my question is why MORE than ample military when just AMPLE military could have won the waR?

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    Because Weaponry is useless without the proper knowledge and tactical ability.

    Something which, at the time, the US lacked.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500
    The U.S. didn't lose that fight.
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    That's what you do in a war- defeat the enemy.
    At least one of these statements is accurate

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    Don't break his heart he thinks both are

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    Quote Originally Posted by IBrake4Rainbows
    Because Weaponry is useless without the proper knowledge and tactical ability.

    Something which, at the time, the US lacked.
    The knowledge was there, of course. It was much harder fighting the Germans and Japanese 20 years earlier.

    Unfortunately, the Vietnam war was fought politically, not militarilly. I remember that some troops were sent there with no bullets for their guns (they had to wait for orders to fire).
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    Quote Originally Posted by spi-ti-tout
    Don't break his heart he thinks both are
    Aren't they?
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    Quote Originally Posted by spi-ti-tout
    You win a war with AMPLE military. I agree you can't win a war with LESS than ample military. But my question is why MORE than ample military when just AMPLE military could have won the waR?
    More than ample military decreases the casualties.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500
    The knowledge was there, of course. It was much harder fighting the Germans and Japanese 20 years earlier.

    Unfortunately, the Vietnam war was fought politically, not militarilly. I remember that some troops were sent there with no bullets for their guns (they had to wait for orders to fire).
    What in God's Name does WW2 have to do with this; Next on Fleet's Patented List of Red Herrings........

    Helping to win WW2 does not give the US free reign over the world.

    Political battles I can agree with, but the Understocking of Troops in Unjustified wars is common place; hows about unarmoured-soldiers fighting in Iraq.

    What troops need is our support, what governments need is a clip over the ear and a dose of reality.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500
    More than ample military decreases the casualties.
    ......On the US Side.

    forgot that part.
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