[Azure]

I think most people, no matter how much they were against the war, want the USA to succeed.The alternative is going to be worse then Saddam.

And I note the optimism by everyone.

"The US was winning the war in Viet Nam" . This is news to me and probably 99% of everyone else who lived during that time or knows their history. Speaking of that, Nixon was the one who withdrew from Viet Nam. Maybe you should do a brushup. Try to watch the "Fog of War".

Really?

In December 1974, Congress completed passage of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1974, which cut off all military funding to the Saigon government and made unenforceable the peace terms negotiated by Nixon. Many in the US congress seemed to want the government of South Vietnam to fall and encouraged its collapse by cutting off aid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War

Nixon resigned from office on August 9th, the US withdrew "completely" in December. Sure, Nixon gradually withdrew troops and let the South Vietnamese take over the operation, which happened to be very sucessful, but he never completely quit helping them.

Then Watergate happened, Nixon resigned, the US withdraw all troops and stopped all funding and the Viet Cong went through the process of exterminating all Southern Vietnamese troops and civilians.

"The cost of democracy is never to high" can be easily argued by the adage 'You can bring a horse to water but you can't make them drink'. Me thinks you've been watching too many John Wayne movies.

So to hell with them right? Pull out all the troops and let the people kill themselves. Or is the cost of democracy in the Middle East worth it?