2026-03-08 16:23 UTC
@kimlockhartga It was part of the tipping point for most US citizens - especially when the napalm girl photo was seen, worldwide. However, it wasn't until mass body bags returned to US that pull out was seriously considered.
By 1972, US could see that their invasion war was imploding. After 3 million dead Vietnamese & 58,000 dead US soldiers, the victory they were confident of was elusive.
The invasion on Vietnam exploited 8,744,000 US military personnel serving on active duty with a peak troop strength of 549,500 in 1969, 14.3 million tons of bombs/artillery shells - 676 billion wasted.
17 years & 2 months of a wasted invasion war, wasted lives & wasted resources. Yet, US never learned a damn thing & keeps doing the same shit in different sovereign nations.
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@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party 2026-03-08 16:34
@kimlockhartga I'm afraid 2026 is going to be a repeat of no pull out until many US body bags pile up. (Just from a different place)
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@kimlockhartga@beige.party 2026-03-08 18:40
@PhoenixSerenity Horrifying. And yeah, Hegseth talked about air superiority over Iran. 🙄 You had control of the skies over Korea and Vietnam, and what good did it do?
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@kimlockhartga@beige.party 2026-03-08 18:42
@PhoenixSerenity When my mom and dad were dating, my Dad was in the Air Force (as a cartographer in Alaska for most of it, not a pilot) and my mom said he would need to not re-up if he wanted to marry her. She wanted nothing to do with the military.