| There were 16,000 soldiers there in 1963, increased to 21,000 in 1964. You're thinking of Marines, which - true - didn't come until 1965.
However, the increased ratio of deaths in Vietnam were partly due to the fact that there were fewer troops, and thus less control over the situation. Now, while we do have 160,000 troops or more in Iraq, we're either going to have to pull back or add more, now that it's well beyond time to start rotating them out. We don't have any more troops to add, and our biggest hope, Turkey, said no.
The war isn't ending for America any time soon, and we can't sustain our presence. What do you think is going to happen?
. . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. |