Tedlog: Culture, Politics and Technology: Parallels Between Bush's "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq" and Nixon's 1969 "Vietnamization of the Vietnam War" Speech

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December 01, 2005

Parallels Between Bush's "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq" and Nixon's 1969 "Vietnamization of the Vietnam War" Speech

The bottom line: despite Nixon's promises, it took another four years, 8000 American soldiers' lives, and many more Vietnamese deaths before the US finally withdrew from Vietnam. Will it take until 2009 for our leaders to accept what the American people have already figured out - that the Iraq war is a crime and a debacle?

Salon.com News & Politics | War Room

Posted by tedf at December 1, 2005 07:43 PM

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