re: #73 Dave In Austin

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I have to disagree with him, at least in spirit. While I agree with the idea that the analogy of this to Vietnam doesn’t work in the way it’s falling apart, the lead-up bears a lot of similarities. We got involved in a conflict that we had no business fighting and without a clear goal, we got involved in the affairs of a foreign state to justify our prolonged presence, we helped build an army only to take its place when we decided it was useless, and then finally ended up deciding that the fighting wasn’t in our interest and turned over things to a state that was eaten up with corruption and a military that was unable to do the fighting it found itself charged with.

Yeah, it’s not the Fall of Saigon, but it’s hitting a lot of the same notes.