>>>>>I have a fundamental problem with someone who admits to using bombs solely for "property damage" (as Ayers has admitted)
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>>>You proved my point by shifting the discussion from Nixon and Kissinger who willfully and needlessly napalmed and carpet-bombed tens of thousands of people to some fumbling boob who couldn't shoot straight.
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>>IIRC the point was invading Nam, for which those 2 were not responsible. They had only Cambodia as new entry, so shifting inside a post of attributing another shift ;-)
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>It was a mistake to get involved in Vietnam. The war did not serve the interests of the U.S.
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>Though if we're going to talk about Nixon and Kissinger, I'd sure like to introduce the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge.

Sihanouk tried to follow the Swiss/WW II role model, but could not keep his borders free of VC. Without US nodding (some say active CIA support) the monarchy would not have been toppled. Khmer Rouge grew afterwards that much stronger - somehow reminiscent of ISIS in Syria and Iraq