The Lessons of Saigon Permeate the Presidential Campaign

[Dancing_Dave]

"The lessons of Saigon, still unheeded, permeate the presidential campaign
Vietnam, the War That Won't Heal
by Sydney H. Schanberg
August 17th, 2004 1:55 PM

The specter of Vietnam has been buried forever in the desert sands of the Arabian peninsula.

—President George H.W. Bush, in 1991, at the end of the Gulf War

Three decades have passed since the last helicopter rose from the American embassy roof in Saigon, and in that time, our leaders still feel the need to announce, at regular intervals, that the Vietnam War is behind us. Yet, in stone-headed contradiction, they also regularly haul the nation into situations that repeat the bungled thinking behind that war. So here we are again, this time mired along the Euphrates instead of the Mekong."

Read the rest at http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0433/schanberg.php

The Village Voice is starting to get interesting again!

[jeff30997]

1. It looks like...

The specter of Vietnam has been dug out of the desert sands of the Arabian peninsula.

[Old and In the Way]

3. And singlehanded by Poppy's own Dimson,

Oh, the irony of it all.

[Leilani]

2. Excellent editorial!

Too many people forgot the lessons that SHOULD have been learned.