Fw: OT A Military Historian Speaks on Tuesday's Events

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No: HPFGUIDX 26296

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Lisa-Ann Cooner" <kira at k...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>   
>  From: Dr. Tony Kern, Lt Col, USAF (Ret)
>  
> >  How committed are we America? And for how long? It is
> >generally acknowledged that America lacks the stomach for a long 
> >fight. We need only look as far back as Vietnam, when North 
> >Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap (also a military history 
> >teacher) defeated the United States of America without ever 
> >winning a major tactical battle. 

I am reminded of Mr. H. Potter, who once observed,(and I 
paraphrase), "it is different when they are trying to kill you."

4FR