Again Henry posts of things he has no knowledge about. I wonder if Henry ever heard of a policy of "hearts & minds"? Probably not.
Heard of the numbers game and hearts and minds from veterans, both are failed policies according to them.
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
I was responding to both of you...You were having a "who killed more people" debate.
Of course because that was a actual policy of war, you would probably find it interesting hearing veterans talk about the numbers games and how they had to lie to higher ups about casualty rates. If our troops found 3 dead VC they would radio in they found a dozen. I was trying to find the documentary for you on youtube which had veterans talk about it, pretty disturbing that is how they defined "winning"
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
Heard of the numbers game and hearts and minds from veterans, both are failed policies according to them.
The "numbers game' was how the bean counters kept track of our progress. It wasn't our policy, but theirs
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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