Philip Fibiger

As if we didn’t need any other reasons for not going to war, Andy pointed out an interesting piece about a Russian soldier who fought in Afghanistan, and compares the warfare there to the war the United States fought against Vietnam.
“Terrorists don’t sit in bases waiting for bombs to drop. They live in houses. They live with families. . . . If America begins to drop bombs, all they will do is convince the anti-Taliban population that the United States is their enemy.”
“Don’t do it like we did. Don’t do it like you did in Vietnam,” he said. “Don’t listen to me if you don’t want. Listen to your own people, those who fought in Vietnam. . . . They’ll tell you the same things.”