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| Iraq |
| President Bush's Vietnam analogy not inaccurate, just incomplete |
| 2007-08-24 |
| By Max Boot |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #4 Fact is, the anti-war crowd had the blood of millions of SE Asian people on its hands after Vietnam "Oh yeah? Well we made the film career or Hang S. Ngor, man!" -- The Left, Hollwood Division |
| Posted by: eLarson 2007-08-24 16:37 |
#3 This really puts the donks in a box. Even the Brits get it.Mr Bush’s case is that America’s gravest mistakes in Iraq are behind it, that the counter-insurgency strategy devised by General Petraeus is yielding results, but that the military have a question: “Will their elected leaders in Washington pull the rug out from under them just as they’re gaining momentum and changing the dynamic on the ground?” For elected leaders, read Democrats. In historical perspective, the Democrats do not come well out of the Vietnam debacle. Rove's parting gift, no doubt |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-08-24 10:26 |
| #2 You can gage the potential political effectiveness of GWB's recent VFW remarks by the speed with which the media was able to post stories attempting to debunk him. Very good point, gb506. I hadn't made that connection. A happy thought to take with me to my morning nap. :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-08-24 09:17 |
| #1 You can gage the potential political effectiveness of GWB's recent VFW remarks by the speed with which the media was able to post stories attempting to debunk him. Less than 12 hours after the VFW speech, breathless articles appeared citing numerous military historians and politicians stating that he got his history wrong about Vietnam, but curiously absent from most of these stories was any detailed analysis of WHY he was wrong, we were left with general and broad humbugging. I suppose, though, time was short, and it's hard to build a convincing lie under such time constraints! Fact is, the anti-war crowd had the blood of millions of SE Asian people on its hands after Vietnam, and it knows that a bloodbath would likely ensue in Iraq should we pull out prematurely, but they don't care. And that is the instructive element: The Left, who have for 50 years portrayed themselves as having a corner on the human rights market, is more than willing to see a million human beings slaughtered if it will result in America being beaten, shamed and bankrupted. It's sick and twisted. |
| Posted by: gb506 2007-08-24 08:41 |