Turning the corner into madness
Truthdig
by Robert Scheer
10/31/06
Every time I hear President Bush railing against those who would 'cut and run' in Iraq instead of pursuing 'victory,' as he does almost daily, I think back to similar claims being made for the Vietnam debacle when I reported from Saigon in the mid-'60s. Back then, the U.S. troop presence was lower and casualties fewer than now in Iraq, but the carnage, on all sides, would escalate for the next decade, as we waited miserably for the corner to be turned. Then, as now, calls for setting a timetable for an orderly withdrawal were rejected as emboldening our enemy to attack America. Instead of a dignified withdrawal, we plunged ever deeper into the quagmire, leaving 59,000 U.S. troops and 3.4 million Indochinese dead as tribute to our stupidity...
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601031_robert_scheer/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Robert Scheer
10/31/06
Every time I hear President Bush railing against those who would 'cut and run' in Iraq instead of pursuing 'victory,' as he does almost daily, I think back to similar claims being made for the Vietnam debacle when I reported from Saigon in the mid-'60s. Back then, the U.S. troop presence was lower and casualties fewer than now in Iraq, but the carnage, on all sides, would escalate for the next decade, as we waited miserably for the corner to be turned. Then, as now, calls for setting a timetable for an orderly withdrawal were rejected as emboldening our enemy to attack America. Instead of a dignified withdrawal, we plunged ever deeper into the quagmire, leaving 59,000 U.S. troops and 3.4 million Indochinese dead as tribute to our stupidity...
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601031_robert_scheer/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 3. Nov, 18:27
