What's your "favorite" war(s)?

[charlou]

My favorite war is still the war against dandruff. We may never completely win it but i feel it's under control. And so far nobody has been killed.

Sigworthy.

[Hermit]

Did you notice the double quote marks?

Yes, in both places (including BAA's "Farmer's "win" ") rendering the intent of the second set ambiguous. What's the big deal?

Who mentioned anything about "big deal"?

Anyway, I agree with you about Vietnam. After many years of military superiority, the deployment of half a million strong force, the dropping of more bombs than were used during the entire stretch of WWII from all sides, the setting up of puppet governments, the "winning of hearts and minds" the secret bombings of neighbouring Cambodia, and so on, US forces withdrew, leaving power in the hands of those they were fighting. If that can rightly be called a "victory" at any time of that period, it employs a definition of the word I have never previously encountered. By 1969 the troops on the ground knew they were not winning anything, and the evacuation by helicopter of the last US presence in South Vietnam from the Saigon embassy rooftop six years later emphatically confirmed their presentiment.

My favourite war is the Bay of the Pigs debacle.

[Chinaski]

Swiss Civil war.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I think I'll change my vote and go with the War of the Soccer Match. (Not to be confused with the Soccer War, BTW.)

[Ian]

Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Beaten by spending in the Vietnam War.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Beaten by spending in the Vietnam War.

Tom Clancey's War on Drugs. :twisted:

[Hermit]

I think I'll change my vote

Same here. I looked up details concerning the Swiss civil war, and must say that battling the Sonderbund with a 100,000 strong army for three weeks and keeping the death toll to only 100 in that period is most admirable, but on reflection my favourite war is the Evelyn Waugh. Worst case scenario would be injuries due to paper cuts.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I think I'll change my vote

Same here. I looked up details concerning the Swiss civil war, and must say that battling the Sonderbund with a 100,000 strong army for three weeks and keeping the death toll to only 100 in that period is most admirable, but on reflection my favourite war is the Evelyn Waugh. Worst case scenario would be injuries due to paper cuts.

I would not have liked to face a phalanx of Swiss Pikemen.

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[Don't Panic]

Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Beaten by spending in the Vietnam War.

Tom Clancey's War on Drugs. :twisted:

Heh heh.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Beaten by spending in the Vietnam War.

Tom Clancey's War on Drugs. :twisted:

Heh heh.

I get the feeling he talked to someone who was not as circumspect as he should have been.

[Don't Panic]

Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Beaten by spending in the Vietnam War.

Tom Clancy's War on Drugs. :twisted:

Heh heh.

I get the feeling he talked to someone who was not as circumspect as he should have been.

Yeah, some of the stuff in there seems very... life like.

[Trolldor]

[Chinaski]

I think I'll change my vote

Same here. I looked up details concerning the Swiss civil war, and must say that battling the Sonderbund with a 100,000 strong army for three weeks and keeping the death toll to only 100 in that period is most admirable, but on reflection my favourite war is the Evelyn Waugh. Worst case scenario would be injuries due to paper cuts.

I would not have liked to face a phalanx of Swiss Pikemen.

http://www.swissvaticanguard.com/pic01/swissm.jpg[/imgc]

There's a reason we were the most feared and respected fighting force in the world for a couple of centuries. Then we were defeated by new technology and cheaper German imitators. At least the Pope still recognizes Swiss quality.

[Red Katie]

Favorite... war?

What the hell's the matter with you?

[Trolldor]

Favorite... war?

What the hell's the matter with you?

If you've ever studied history, then you should have come across something which makes you go "wow'.