by chiggerbit » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:48 pm
I just came across a site that listed all the Vietnam deaths from my state, and it dawned on me as I read it, that the theory that got us in a quagmire there is a reverse (sort of) of the one that has gotten us involved in Iraq, namely that domino theory. In Vietnam, the theory went, if we didn't keep control there, that whole part of the world would go down to communism like a big domino spill. Now, in Iraq, the theory goes, if we could just give the heathens a taste of true democracy and FREEDOM with maybe a dash of true Christian witnessing, the entire Middle East would fall before our feet, with their masses asking, even begging us for a taste of what we have to offer.<br><br>How many times do we have to do this before we learn? My heart breaks reading that long, long list. How long is this new list going to be before the people come to their senses? Maybe we should all start buying sets of dominoes, and start a mountain of them somewhere to make the point, or start using clip art of dominoes and attach to our emails as an icon for idiocy. <br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ia/state/military/vietnam.txt?o_xid=0022468880&o_lid=0022468880&o_xt=22468880">ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usge...t=22468880</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=chiggerbit@rigorousintuition>chiggerbit</A> at: 1/11/06 3:52 pm<br></i>