This piece rips to shreds John McCain's contention that his service in Vietnam somehow qualifies him to be commander-in-chief. The Vietnam War was one of the most spectacular acts of mass stupidity seen in the past 50 years. Mass stupidity by the ruling elite of this country, that is. Millions died, needlessly, because American leaders frightened themselves into believing that the reunification of Vietnam under a communist regime somehow would threaten US national security. The idiocy represented by the war is revisited now, with McCain claiming the US could have "won" if only we had killed a few million more people. South Vietnam was an artificially-created state, ruled by a small Roman Catholic clique when the mass of the people obviously were not Catholics or even Christians. Trying to "save" it (that is, keep it as a client state hosting gigantic US military bases), was a disaster for the US, almost being equalled by the current stupidity in Iraq (and Iran, if McCain wins in November).