Vietnam War II

I think it is very important to keep a close eye on China. If Vietnam asks for help, I think we should give it.

Surely it is time for me to start in my own section now! lol. As part of my "dumb day" attitude I seem to be having I just realised I have been discussing these points in someone else's section..... To deal with China's politico's takes extreme savvy. To be honest I doubt that someone like Obama has the mettle for this yet. Not at this stage of his career. It takes a very calculated balance of forcefulness, cultural respect and tolerance to make inroads with the Chinese. I deal with this country constantly with my work and it is not easy!

The domino effect says that if Vietnam fall South East Asia will fall too. How odd would it be if Vietnam had to turn to us for help? Who else could help Vietnam against China except us, maybe Russia. Russia might want to build up its presence in South East Asia and this conflict would do the trick, but I do not know if Russia wants to mess with it. The big question that would have to be asked is what do we get out of it. Protecting Vietnam from China would cost us a large trading partner, so Vietnam would have to give us some thing to make it worth our while. I know that we trade with Vietnam and actually the trade is pretty equal, we buy rice and catfish they buy something, I really do not know but they must be buying something because we do not have a trade deficit with them.

If this situation does come to pass, I would definately prefer to have McCain in the White House than Obama. McCain can literally say "been there, done that". He knows the conditions and he knows what mistakes were made and should be able to avoid repeating them. Obama would problably want to sit down and have tea with the Chinese and "talk things over" while the Chinese roll right over Viet Nam.

Ok, I must be missing something here. As I recall, when our cowardly democrat Congress compelled our winning military to leave Vietnam, thus causing us to lose the war... we were fighting Communists, who are normally quite friendly to other Communists. Unless something has changed in Vietnam that somehow escaped my notice, then why in the hell would we want to go back to Vietnam, to help a former enemy fight against other Communists... and what kind of idiot would even dream of forcing a head on confrontation with China in the first place? Somehow I think Americans are not going to be overly open to the idea of going back to Vietnam/// hell, they can't stomach a few years in Iraq, which is something that we and the Iraqi government are also winning, yet the cowardly democrat Congress wants to once again pull defeat from the jaws of victory.

My question and not to be ugly to anyone. Why do we keep having to stick our nose in other countries business if they are not bothering us. Our military should not have to take up slack when someone wants to start a stupid war. Our boys and girls have been through to much. I think we should focus more on protecting our own country and bringing our soldiers home for rest.