Quote Originally Posted by medicinal
Remember, Viet Nam, the 10,000 day war. There was even a PBS program titled that. That translates into approx. 27 years, God help us if that happens, the draft is a definent possibility. Can you imagine the American public letting that happen. And just think, Viet Nam didn't even have oil. I believe, come to think of it, that Shell Oil had discovered an oil deposit in the Mekong delta, but It turned out to be not that large, although there was talk at the time that the reason we were in Nam was the oil.
BTW, for you hard core wingers, I realize that the U.S. was not in Nam for 27 years, that figure encompasses the french and other factions.