"The true lesson of the Vietnam War..." - Quote by Ronald Reagan
The true lesson of the Vietnam War is: certainty of purpose and ruthlessness of execution win wars.
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“How does it feel to be the 's third choice? Humiliating? You could have thrown a dart. That's how close they were. We had so many excellent candidates.”
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“The signs of the Vietnam War protestors said "Make Love not War!" It didn't seem to me that they were capable of either.”
“The war in vietnam threatened to tear our society apart, and the political and philosophical disagreements that separated each side continue, to some extent. It's been said that these memorials reflect a hunger for healing.”
“The same people that are with me for not going to Vietnam because I saved them and their children.The same people will give me hell if I turn to them and say, 'let's free my people now'.They're with me on one part of my beliefs about the war, that's all. Not for my freedom.”