{"id":1562,"date":"2019-02-27T05:04:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T10:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2019-02-27T05:05:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T10:05:01","slug":"back-in-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/02\/27\/back-in-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back in Vietnam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Music Selections&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Modern \u2013&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-TgT9U93Gnc\"><em>Back in Vietnam<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Lenny Kravitz<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Generational \u2013&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wJVpihgwE18\"><em>We Gotta Get Out of This Place<\/em><\/a><em>\u2013 Animals<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Traditional \u2013&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=40JmEj0_aVM\"><em>Fortunate Son<\/em><\/a><em>\u2013 Creedence Clearwater<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald J. Trump, turned eighteen and draft age, in 1964.&nbsp;&nbsp;His father had a doctor\/friend, and Donald was able to avoid the draft, and the war in Vietnam, with five medical exemptions for bone spurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were a lot of American men who found ways out of Vietnam.&nbsp;&nbsp;In full disclosure, I was two years too young&nbsp;&nbsp;(though I still have my \u201cdraft card\u201d from the day, and I was still nervous as hell when I had to go and apply for it.)&nbsp;&nbsp;I never had to make the decision, nor did I ever face the letter with the heading, \u201cgreetings from the President of the United States.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;I did watch my older friends struggle, worrying about draft numbers and college deferments.&nbsp;&nbsp;Some went to Vietnam; many found a way out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I can\u2019t really blame Trump for the decisions he and his father made in the 1960\u2019s.&nbsp;&nbsp;What I can say is that whatever decision you made in that time of crisis, you should own it now.&nbsp;&nbsp;Bone spurs, becoming a public school teacher, whatever way you found out, don\u2019t hide from the fact.&nbsp;&nbsp;And for those many who truly believed that fighting in Vietnam was immoral, respect that decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But once you took that position, don\u2019t criticize those Americans who went to fight in Vietnam.&nbsp;Criticize the President, the Generals, the Congress, the War; but don\u2019t say a word about those guys in the rice paddies, or helicopters, or walking trails as moving bait for Viet Cong attacks.&nbsp;They didn\u2019t choose Vietnam; they did what they thought our nation expected of them.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So President Trump will continue his Quixotic effort to speak reason to Kim Jong Un of North Korea, this time in Hanoi.&nbsp;&nbsp;The last grand meeting in Singapore created a lot of talk, but little action.&nbsp;&nbsp;Kim did destroy a collapsed underground nuclear testing facility, and he hasn\u2019t sent missiles over Japan recently.&nbsp;&nbsp;But US intelligence estimates, regardless of the President\u2019s dreams, show that North Korea is continuing to work on developing and improving their nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It sure seems unlikely that Kim will \u201cgive up\u201d his nuclear weapons.&nbsp;&nbsp;What the US can offer:&nbsp;&nbsp;a peace treaty for Korea, a removal of some US sanctions, and the possibility of US development of the tourist industry (\u201cdon\u2019t they have great beaches\u201d); doesn\u2019t seem enough for Kim to give up the weapons that has become the basis of his national identity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US reaction isn\u2019t Kim\u2019s only worry, he has to be concerned with the economic power of South Korea, the 11<sup>th<\/sup>largest economy in the world (<a href=\"https:\/\/worldinfigures.com\/rankings\/topic\/8\">The Economist<\/a>.)&nbsp;&nbsp;North Korea is ranked 118<sup>th<\/sup>.&nbsp;&nbsp;While North Korea\u2019s 23<sup>rd<\/sup>rated military (without the added nuclear weapons) is behind South Korea\u2019s 12<sup>th<\/sup>ranking (depending on US nuclear power), that\u2019s a lot closer than the economic comparison (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/most-powerful-militaries-in-the-world-ranked-2018-2#13-pakistan-13\">Business Insider<\/a>.)&nbsp;&nbsp;Peace on the peninsula might mean a North Korea subsumed by the South Korean economic juggernaut, winning a peace instead of a war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having this summit in Hanoi is symbolic in several ways.&nbsp;&nbsp;It may well represent the same frustration that the Vietnam War engendered; 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to make real changes that made the world safer.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was not a great supporter of McCain, and I don\u2019t necessarily agree with his willingness to use our military to intervene in every world situation.&nbsp;&nbsp;But two things were clear:&nbsp;&nbsp;he had a substantive idea of what was needed, and he had the courage to implement it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President has no plan, simply image.&nbsp;&nbsp;And, bone spurs or not, he clearly doesn&#8217;t have the courage to work for real change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in Vietnam Music Selections&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Modern \u2013&nbsp;Back in Vietnam&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Lenny Kravitz &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Generational \u2013&nbsp;We Gotta Get Out of This Place\u2013 Animals &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Traditional \u2013&nbsp;Fortunate Son\u2013 Creedence Clearwater Donald J. 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