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Why would I expect anything less than anyone from Salon defending anyone from the radical left now or in the past. I was in my 30's. I remember it all. The Vietnam war was started by a Democratic president and congress, it was not fought to win and I never did fully understand why it was started. So with the death of 55,000 plus servicemen casualties, it was brougt to a close by a Republican president who was fighting anti-war protestors who were out to get his hide rather than letting him end the mess started by the Republicans. (This is never taught in schools or by the left wing press)
Its not different with the Iraq war. Those who helped start it (democrats) later deny their involvement and blame it all on President Bush.
There is no morality amongst the far left. They can get the governent to finance left wing organizations like ACRON, push labor unions upon workers who don't want labor unions and hundreds of other immoral actions but its always the Republicans they can pass the blame on with the help of all the left wing media. There is no shame on the left.