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keithbvadu2

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6. Viet Nam low IQ troops drafted

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2022, 01:11 PM

May 2022

Viet Nam low IQ troops drafted

McNamara desperately needed warm bodies (literally) so he lowered the entrance requirements for the military.

Even some who barely knew left from right.

McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War

Hamilton Gregory Published on Apr 29, 2016

A presentation and reading by Hamilton Gregory, author of "McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam." Because so many college students were avoiding military service during the Vietnam War, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara lowered mental standards to induct 354,000 low-IQ men. Their death toll in combat was appalling.

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Inside the Pentagon's shameful effort to draft mentally disabled men to fight in Vietnam [View all] douglas9 May 2022 OP

I never saw anyone like that in the Army or Nam. pwb May 2022 #1

I need to ask my dad gay texan May 2022 #3

PROJECT 100,000 (1966-1971) douglas9 May 2022 #4

I am not opening that shit. pwb May 2022 #5

The truth is not insulting veterans its telling what the government did. marie999 May 2022 #9

My dad is one of them. gay texan May 2022 #10

Surprised the article left out... Grins May 2022 #2

I listened to several of his interviews DashOneBravo May 2022 #11

Viet Nam low IQ troops drafted keithbvadu2 May 2022 #6

Tom DeLay military service keithbvadu2 May 2022 #7

All veterans are 'suckers and losers' acc to Trump. keithbvadu2 May 2022 #8

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