https://www.isegoria.net/2008/06/the-assassination-the-bay-of-pigs-and-camelot-were-useless-drivel-and-a-distraction/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:11:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2008/06/the-assassination-the-bay-of-pigs-and-camelot-were-useless-drivel-and-a-distraction/comment-page-1/#comment-2713329 Dana Karschner Wed, 05 Dec 2018 20:40:02 +0000 http://isegoria.net/isegoria/?p=2414#comment-2713329 I hope this is 100% true, but even if its 50% true the men who died in Viet Nam did not die in vain, as one of my liberal friends postulates. I have read other articles claiming it was Reagan’s stabilization of the US dollar (and the negative effect this had on oil prices) that drove the Soviet Union into bankruptcy, but the cost of funding the Viet Nam war undoubtedly played a major role. There seemed to be a misplaced belief in this country for a long time that Viet Nam was an unjust war and those that served in it were in some way diminished. While I agree that there were some aspects of the war that did not represent the finest hour for the US, the outcome very well could have saved the world from a devastating nuclear war. Any person who served in that war is owed a debt of gratitude from every American for helping to secure the demise of the true evil empire.

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