I was one of the guys that LBJ sent to Nam right after TET in 1968. Believe me THAT was a surge! The one contribution that I want to make to this interesting discussion is to point out that comparing the 500,000 man peak in Vietnam with the 140,000 or so in Iraq is apples and oranges. The 500,000 included all the support troops that have been privatized in the 2007 army. I would love to know what the comparable figures are for "grunts" like me. I know we were a decided minority at the time. Looked at that way, we …
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