Well, we really taught the North Vietnamese a lesson! Now that they are appropriately contrite, they are on our "most favored nation" trading list, and we are selling them arms!
We bombed North Vietnam so ******* hard their country was looking like a moonscape.
They crawled to the Paris Peace Treaty negotiations, and South Vietnam would still be free today IF THE DEMOCRATS HAD NOT CUT THEIR MILITARY FUNDING like the shit bags that they are.
You dumb bastard. The United States has active duty military troops stationed in 150 countries. What the hell do you think this is...another Roman empire?
Of course, you didn't bother to analyze that date, did you?
For instance, you didn't parse out the guards at our embassies, did you?
You didn't parse out the military aides, instructors, and liaisons, did you?
You didn't parse out the military personnel attending universities, war colleges, or providing guidance and assistance to the educational processes in those countries, did you?
You didn't parse out the military personnel providing humanitarian services to countries ravaged by disasters - both natural and man made, did you?
Simply, you have a mission --- and you won't let any facts get in your way. You ignore reality, you bend the truth, and sometimes, you even outright lie.
I used to be a Republican...for thirty years. When I finally saw that Republicans stand for tax cuts for the rich and Democrats help ordinary work-a-day Americans I changed. I've never looked back. Two things happen during Republican administrations......tax cuts and more debt:
..............................................Total U S Debt................................................
Figures Easily Verified....Taken From the Bureau of the Debt
US: $18,775,084,981,440 - Debt as of December 2015?
09/30/2014 $17,824,071,380,733.82
09/30/2013 $16,738,183,526,697.32
09/30/2012 $16,066,241,407,385.89
09/30/2011 $14,790,340,328,557.15
09/30/2010 $13,561,623,030,891.79
09/30/2009 $11,909,829,003,511.75
(80% Of All Debt Across 232 Years Borrowed By Reagan And Bushes)
09/30/2008 $10,024,724,896,912.49(Times Square Debt Clock Modified To Accommodate Tens of Trillions)
09/30/2007 $9,007,653,372,262.48
09/30/2006 $8,506,973,899,215.23
09/30/2005 $7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004 $7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 $6,783,231,062,743.62
(Second Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2002 $6,228,235,965,597.16
09/30/2001 $5,807,463,412,200.06
(First Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86
(Administration And Congress Arguing About How To Use Surplus)
09/30/1999 $5,656,270,901,615.43
(First Surplus Generated...On Track To Pay Off Debt By 2012)
09/30/1998 $5,526,193,008,897.62
09/30/1997 $5,413,146,011,397.34
09/30/1996 $5,224,810,939,135.73
09/29/1995 $4,973,982,900,709.39
09/30/1994 $4,692,749,910,013.32
(Bill Clinton Raised Taxes On The Rich early 1993)
09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38
( Debt Quadrupled By Reagan/Bush41)
09/30/1992 $4,064,620,655,521.66
09/30/1991 $3,665,303,351,697.03
09/28/1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
09/29/1989 $2,857,430,960,187.32
09/30/1988 $2,602,337,712,041.16
09/30/1987 $2,350,276,890,953.00
09/30/1986 $2,125,302,616,658.42
09/30/1985 $1,823,103,000,000.00
09/30/1984 $1,572,266,000,000.00
09/30/1983 $1,377,210,000,000.00
09/30/1982 $1,142,034,000,000.00
(Total Debt Passes $1 Trillion)(Reagan Slashed Tax Rates To Pre Depression Levels)
09/30/1981 $997,855,000,000.00