| |
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
| Political Threads This section is for Political Threads - Enter at your own risk. If you say you don't want to see what someone posts - don't read it :hihi: |
05-20-2008, 02:28 PM
|
#1
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Cambridge, MA
Posts: 1,358
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
Lets get really wacky today...
Atilla the Hun, burned and massacared every tribe he came across, as a result Asia prospered and peace settled over the region, commerce grew and leaps were made in trade and knowledge sharing.
Rome conquered every country it wanted, forced all their customs and currency on the populace. As a result, peace, trade, technology, arts, literacy all flourished across the lands.
I'm missing history's success stories of militaries winning the "hearts and minds" of people?
|
Viet Cong & the NVA |
|
|
|
|
|
05-21-2008, 10:24 AM
|
#2
|
|
sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by EarnedStripes44
Viet Cong & the NVA
|
And Vietnam is now a prospering country, only proves my point. |
making s-b.com a kinder, gentler place for all 
|
|
|
|
|
05-21-2008, 11:14 AM
|
#3
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Cambridge, MA
Posts: 1,358
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
And Vietnam is now a prospering country, only proves my point.
|
What does this have to do with the fact that the Viet Congs hearts and minds campaign undermined US military policy efforts in that region during that time. It is a requisite ingredient in any successful insurgency/ guerrilla war. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
05-21-2008, 12:00 PM
|
#4
|
|
Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,312
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by EarnedStripes44
It is a requisite ingredient in any successful insurgency/ guerrilla war.
|
As well as any successful Counter Insurgency |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
|
|
|
|
|
05-21-2008, 02:13 PM
|
#5
|
|
sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by EarnedStripes44
What does this have to do with the fact that the Viet Congs hearts and minds campaign undermined US military policy efforts in that region during that time. It is a requisite ingredient in any successful insurgency/ guerrilla war.
|
I was referencing their brutal tactics which ultimately won. You think they won the hearts and minds of the people? I think they butchered them into submission. |
making s-b.com a kinder, gentler place for all
|
|
|
|
|
05-21-2008, 02:35 PM
|
#6
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Cambridge, MA
Posts: 1,358
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
I was referencing their brutal tactics which ultimately won. You think they won the hearts and minds of the people? I think they butchered them into submission.
|
Much butchering did indeed occur, on both sides by all parties. However, the VC were able and did attack the US embassy long before Saigon fell. You think they did that because of a butchered civilian population. No, because they could attack anywhere in the country with impunity through a highly organized subterrenean subversion. Subversion only possible with the cooperation of a large number of South Vietnamese communist sympathizers and nationalist. |
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:12 AM.
|
| |
Hybrid Mode