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> but the Vietnamese war in particular was a horror show.

It wasn't any more a horror show compared to any other war.

> Study the history as much as I'd like, I will never understand how "start killing people" becomes a valid solution.

You studied history and you don't understand war? That doesn't seem possible.

>You studied history and you don't understand war? That doesn't seem possible

Why don't you just rephrase this as "you're lying." Or maybe "having also studied this subject, I can speak to all others that have studied this subject. They clearly would have reached the exact same conclusiond as me, therefore you must be lying."

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