Reply #32: If we get war either way we vote, what's the big loss? The value [View All]

[KnowerOfLogic]

of democratic victories depends on them actually having some worthwhile principles, and being against unjust, unnecessary, unwise wars would certainly be one of them. Btw, a lot of us think the Vietnam war was a collossal blunder and tragedy, that cost millions of lives and tarnished America's reputation such that it has never recovered. OTOH, who here doesn't still think that G. McGovern was a stand-up guy, a good candidate, and RIGHT on Vietnam? If we didn't have so many self-serving, opportunistic dems trying to be chickenhawks, maybe we could develop a consensus among american voters that discretion is indeed the better part of valour.