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Originally posted by speeder
Wow. Were you there, Sammy? Or did you just read about it on the internets? Because ever since you told us about "the media" burying the Long Beach racial beating case, (which has been front page news for weeks now in L.A.), I've noticed that you just seem to make schit up. And you're not very good at it.
The Viet Nam war was a guerilla war from the start, there were never any old school, American Civil war type battles w/ large battalions of troops advancing against opposing troops to capture land. You need to stick to shilling for big oil, at least you have the advantage that most of us are not in that industry and it's harder to tell when you are pulling stuff out of your ass. 
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I think you're mixing up what Sammy said a bit.
He specifically noted that the Brits used conventional 'rank and file' tactics in the Revolution, and that the US still used conventional battle doctrine and tactics when we got involved in Vietnam.
Both assertions are very much true.
And while you are correct that there were no 'civil war' type battles in vietnam, there were definitely several 'set piece' large scale conventional actions in that war, with the Ia Drang Valley and Hamburger Hill being two prime examples.
Not trying to start a pissin' match with ya, but in this case i think Sammy was pretty much on target with his comments.