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The waning power of the War Myth
As Iraq dies, Bush is falling back on his old standby: Patriotic blackmail. But this time it won't work.
By Gary Kamiya [2007-08-28]

  • Ironic, isn't it?

    "The thing about the Vietnam War that troubles me as I look back was it was a political war. We had politicians making military decisions, and it is lessons that any president must learn, and that is to set the goal and the objective and allow the military to come up with the plans to achieve that objective. And those are essential lessons to be learned from the Vietnam War."--GWB

    We watched Rumsfield, Cheney, Bush utterly and completely mismanage post-war planning. And then there's been the hugely unsuccessful "stay the course" strategy. Obviously the lessons of Vietnam weren't learned--and God knows that senior military leadership (Franks, and others) should have known better.

    If it wasn't all so tragic, it would be a comedy.

    -- ForestStone
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    Monday, August 27, 2007 07:34 PM
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