GOP Reverses History and Wins Vietnam War!!!

[kpete]

The GOP making the comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam AND THEY THINK IT HELPS THEIR CASE!

All we are doing is fighting Vietnam again by proxy. We are watching old men who had too much of a stick up their ass to join in the incredible social movements of that time--and have hated all those who participated ever since--attempt to get every last dig in that they can, and reverse history.

We are watching the likes of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, who never fought in that goddamn war but wish we had just sent enough of them OTHER boys there to die until we won--dig in their heels and insist on sending as many boys to die as it takes to prove those nasty war-protesters like John Fucking Kerry wrong--even if some of those protesters were vets themselves. Or especially so--since they weren't smart or elite enough to stay out of the actual fighting.

Because that's what this is about: reversing the 60's, just like I said in my previous diary.

These people literally believe that they can redeem the defeat we suffered in Vietnam--that they blame on liberals anyway--by proving that we will win if we just "stay the course."

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/19/1181/8803

[eridani]

1. Noam Chomsky has called Vietnam a partial victory for the US

--in that one of the goals was to establish that no country would be allowed to chart an independent course without being destroyed if our ruling class had anything to say about it. That goal was indeed accomplished, and they have the birth defects and permanent laterite replacing a lot of jungle to prove it.

[Hamlette]

2. I thought the same thing last night watching the "debate"

and posted in here, although not so eloquently.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5403117&mesg_id=5403117

[BJW]

3. excellent piece! I've seen the Viet-meme over and over again

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Yep, last night I thought I stepped into a time machien

and emerged in teh heady days of the Summer of '73, same bloody rethoric