Winds of Change.NET: Maybe Iraq Is A Lot Like Vietnam - Maybe We're Wrong About Vietnam: "COUNTERINSURGENCY: The John Paul Vann Model
By Rich Webster
In November of 1968 I can remember the legendary John Paul Vann speaking to our graduation class of newly trained advisors at Di An, South Vietnam. You cant win a guerrilla war by dropping bombs from the air, he said. You may kill some of the enemy, but you will alienate the people you are there trying to help, and they will turn against you."
Saturday, March 11, 2006
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