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From: M J Carley on 30 Jun 2010 04:28 In the referenced article, Alan LeHun <try(a)reply.to> writes: >In article <L4s0Dw.2AD.B.birch(a)bath.ac.uk>, ensmjc(a)bath.ac.uk says... >> About 1.1 million NVA and NLF people were killed: funny kind of `not >> all out' war. >> > >I think Hog is referring to the political interference in the campaign >which prevented the American military from bombing the targets it wanted >to, and has led many to claim was the primary factor in the American >defeat. Given the amount of bombing they did carry out, how much of Vietnam (and neighbouring countries) was left unbombed? -- Si deve tornare alle basi: Marx ed i Clash. Michael Carley: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ensmjc/
From: Hog on 30 Jun 2010 05:53 M J Carley <ensmjc(a)bath.ac.uk> wrote: > In the referenced article, Alan LeHun <try(a)reply.to> writes: >> In article <L4s0Dw.2AD.B.birch(a)bath.ac.uk>, ensmjc(a)bath.ac.uk says... >>> About 1.1 million NVA and NLF people were killed: funny kind of `not >>> all out' war. >>> >> >> I think Hog is referring to the political interference in the >> campaign which prevented the American military from bombing the >> targets it wanted to, and has led many to claim was the primary >> factor in the American defeat. > > Given the amount of bombing they did carry out, how much of Vietnam > (and neighbouring countries) was left unbombed? Obviously too much and too often. Wrong ordinance anyway. I don't share this wishy wash namby pamby reluctance to nuke the opposition, as you know. -- Hog
From: mg on 30 Jun 2010 06:50 On Jun 30, 8:40 pm, "Simon S-B" <baitt...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Has anyone else noticed that that's Dom Jolly from Trigger Happy TV shagging > the fake sheep? I'm not too shocked Greg thought it was real - he's not very > bright you see. lol, good one Sheldon.
From: Champ on 30 Jun 2010 06:57 On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:53:42 +0100, "Hog" <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>> I think Hog is referring to the political interference in the >>> campaign which prevented the American military from bombing the >>> targets it wanted to, and has led many to claim was the primary >>> factor in the American defeat. >> >> Given the amount of bombing they did carry out, how much of Vietnam >> (and neighbouring countries) was left unbombed? >Obviously too much and too often. Given that more explosive power was dropped on Cambodia alone (let alone Vietnam) than all the bombs dropped by all sides in WWII, I'm not sure what more ordance would have achieved. It successfully bombed Cambodia into the stone age, contributing to the rise of Pol Pot, anyway. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: M J Carley on 30 Jun 2010 07:12
In the referenced article, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> writes: >On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:48:11 +0100, "Hog" ><sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>Are you suggesting they did or they did not >I wouldn't presume to speak for TBC, but I'd say that killing over a >million people really ought to called a war, and a pretty 'all out' >one at that. That's pretty much it. -- Si deve tornare alle basi: Marx ed i Clash. Michael Carley: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ensmjc/ |