Well, robo... Alot of folks didn't know about it even though it wasn't some dark secret... It's just that it happened a long time ago and for the Baby Boomer generation Vietnam was the war we cut our teeth on (for lack of a better term)... Yeah, one can study history and know what went on but there is that special focus on the one that current one that is streming into yer home on television...

But it is important to remember and understand the US's role un Iran in installing the Shah and there are lessons that should be learned from that era...

Seems that the US is always ready and willing to pounce on the next new and shiney war... That what concerns me here... I mean, with the exception of Ron Paul, the entire House of Representatives voted a resolution in support of minority in Iran... I don't think that was a wise thing to do...

All these US wars seem to start with the righteous indignation and demonization of one side or another in another country and next thing ya' know we're up to our necks in yet another war... Hey, I ain't callin' for the US to isolate itself but it shouldn't be taking sides in other folks civil conflicts unless what we are seeing is genocide... If it is armed conflictthen there are better things that the US can do thru mediation, negotiation, diplomacy... Think Sweden here...

Oh, I'm sure I have opened myself up to a ramption of righteous indignation and demonization but, hey, I have exerience in that...

B~