Wow, I guess all those Republican deep thinkers really got me today. I pointed out that Afghanistan is two or three times as big as Vietnam and had twice the population.
Size wise, I remember Afghanistan to be like a quarter million square mile and South Vietnam something like 70,000 square miles with all of Vietnam twice that. But I don't think we occupied ALL of Vietnam, did we?
And that we had a half million troops in Vietnam and a hundred thousand in Afghanistan.
Well, I wasn't quoting anyone except my memory so I didn't attach any links.
So, since I'm relying on memory, let's see if those "deep thinkers" can prove me wrong.
I did say, "Vietnam", but those Republican "deep thinkers" and "quick with the facts" have to know that we didn't occupy ALL of Vietnam. At least that's how I remember it. I thought we only occupied "SOUTH VIETNAM". I could be wrong, but I don't think I am.
If memory serves, the population of "South Vietnam" was something like 15, 16 or at most 17 million".
I believe I heard on the news that the population of Afghanistan is somewhat MORE than 30 MILLION.
Oops. Go ahead, prove me wrong.
I believe I said that we had half a million troops occupying half the population of Afghanistan in Vietnam while a hundred thousand are in Afghanistan. Well, I think I was probably wrong there too. I think that with the 40,000 troop INCREASE the right is whining for, that would bring the troop count up to 100 thousand in Afghanistan.
So, the point was, we couldn't win in Vietnam with 5 times the troops and half the population.
Is that clear to those conservatard "deep thinkers"?
Someone even said, "If the government in Afghanistan falls....".
Well, I got news for the conservatards. There IS NO government in Afghanistan. We are fighting to protect a "strawman". Something that doesn't exist. Of course, constervatards are good with that. They have had so much practice trying to make "gays" evil and "religion" real.
Always looking forward to their "facts" and "figures". Cuz they are so good at "figuring out" their "facts.
Usually, I rush off to find facts and figures, but I don't think I have to this time. I'm pretty sure I'm "close" to the facts. If not, I'm sure they will prove me wrong - or not.