Mar 25
American Fantasies, Real Enemies
We learned exactly nothing from Vietnam. Back then, we incinerated jungles, dropped more tonnage than we did in World War II, and still got run out of Southeast Asia by peasants in sandals with AK 47s and a clearer sense of purpose than any official in Washington. We had helicopters, jets, artillery, sensors, computers; they had bikes on jungle trails and the patience to bleed us until our own…