Comments on: Congressman Smith: Afghanistan not another Vietnam http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/09/09/congressman-smith-afghanistan-not-another-vietnam/ Talking WA politics. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:15:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: runner52 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/09/09/congressman-smith-afghanistan-not-another-vietnam/#comment-76 runner52 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:00:57 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=150#comment-76 I am a veteran with two tours in Vietnam, and I don't know if Congressman Smith is out of his mind, but I would like to know what he's been smoking. His learned and authoritarian pronouncements about the popularity of Ho Chi Minh may have some validity in what was once North Vietnam. I hesitate to question such an authority on the Vietnam War as Congressman Smith, but when I was patrolling around Saigon during and after Tet 1968, I was moved by the reception that my unit received from the citizenry. It was clear that they rejected the communists and the communist leader, Ho Chi Minh. Of course, I was only there and my views may have been flawed. Mr. Smith has the advantage of not having been there, but he seems quite convinced that he can speak more authoritatively than those of us who were. I'm quite amazed by his declaration that I and my comrades "fought on the wrong side." I suppose that I shouldn't be surprised at such a statement coming from a member of a party dominated by an ideology reminiscent of that of Ho Chi Minh. Mike Brown Proud Vietnam Veteran (1967-1968/1971-1972) who'd serve on the same side again! I am a veteran with two tours in Vietnam, and I don’t know if Congressman Smith is out of his mind, but I would like to know what he’s been smoking.

His learned and authoritarian pronouncements about the popularity of Ho Chi Minh may have some validity in what was once North Vietnam. I hesitate to question such an authority on the Vietnam War as Congressman Smith, but when I was patrolling around Saigon during and after Tet 1968, I was moved by the reception that my unit received from the citizenry. It was clear that they rejected the communists and the communist leader, Ho Chi Minh. Of course, I was only there and my views may have been flawed. Mr. Smith has the advantage of not having been there, but he seems quite convinced that he can speak more authoritatively than those of us who were. I’m quite amazed by his declaration that I and my comrades “fought on the wrong side.” I suppose that I shouldn’t be surprised at such a statement coming from a member of a party dominated by an ideology reminiscent of that of Ho Chi Minh.

Mike Brown
Proud Vietnam Veteran (1967-1968/1971-1972) who’d serve on the same side again!

]]> By: fantum http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/09/09/congressman-smith-afghanistan-not-another-vietnam/#comment-59 fantum Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:10:38 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=150#comment-59 “He was going to win and we were on the wrong side,” My God. Does this man even understand his history? I doubt he understands Afghanistan any better. He thinks we should have supported the Communist North Vietnamese, China, and the Soviet Union? Please TNT ask for clarification. “He was going to win and we were on the wrong side,” My God. Does this man even understand his history? I doubt he understands Afghanistan any better. He thinks we should have supported the Communist North Vietnamese, China, and the Soviet Union?
Please TNT ask for clarification.

]]> By: coldone http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/09/09/congressman-smith-afghanistan-not-another-vietnam/#comment-55 coldone Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:31:35 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=150#comment-55 "...The Taliban are not nearly as popular with the people of Afghanistan as Ho Chi Minh was with the Vietnamese, he said..." Has he lost his mind? This is a slap in the face of those South Vietnamese that fought the communist invasion from the north. "...“He was going to win and we were on the wrong side,”..." I think he should reserve a room at Western State hospital and take a little time off. He has gone way over the edge!!! “…The Taliban are not nearly as popular with the people of Afghanistan as Ho Chi Minh was with the Vietnamese, he said…”

Has he lost his mind?
This is a slap in the face of those South Vietnamese that fought the communist invasion from the north.

“…“He was going to win and we were on the wrong side,”…”

I think he should reserve a room at Western State hospital and take a little time off. He has gone way over the edge!!!

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