Texans in Vietnam: A Brief History
When I heard Fearless Leader say that the main lesson of Vietnam (the host country of his comment, mind you) for the Iraq War was that "we'll succeed unless we quit", I immediately wanted to post a comment. However, I was confident that Keith Olbermann would one-up me, hence laziness prevailed.
Substitute "retreat" for "quit", and you've got Olbermann's best "Special Comment" ever, methinks.
Substitute "retreat" for "quit", and you've got Olbermann's best "Special Comment" ever, methinks.
posted by Dr. Sardonic at 8:52 PM
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I've decided that every time Bush says or does something that disheartens me, I'm going to make a donation to a worthy charity.
Heifer International thanks you for today's posting.
Ubie - you'd best stop listening to the man, lest you go broke.
Good Doctor:
What is your prescription for our bloody entanglement in Iraq?
Keith seems to suggest that we should declare victory and come home.
This seems increasingly attractive to me.
Let them fight it out amongst themselves as they did in Vietnam.
I will defer to Keith's judgment that the genocide in Cambodia was our fault.
Thanks,
booger
The course Nixon charted between Cut 'n' Run and Stay the Course was called "Vietnamization". That's what's going to happen in Iraq (and if Iraqization wasn't such an ugly word, that's what it would be called). Even slicker than just declaring victory (the Fallows idea), this lets the US directly aid Iraq more while engaging the insurgents less (which will play better in the new domestic political climate), then later we can blame Iraq for its own inevitable collapse. This is exactly what happened in Vietnam.
Of course, that's a prediction, not a prescription. My prescription would be to come to terms with Syria and Iran (Bush is off to a very late start here with his recent initiative), enforce the UN resolutions on Palestine, and concentrate US forces back to where they should have been all focused all along: Afghanistan, where the Taliban is making a huge comeback at present. If the US does all these things, only then can we start flying again without having to surrender our toothpaste, shampoo, and dignity.
Holy shit. How did I miss this?!
I think Olbermann just got promoted to boyfriend.
Doctor:
Thanks for your thoughtful response.
I don't agree with everything that you say (I doubt that we could come to agreeable terms with Iran or Syria, but worth a try).
But, your polite and serious response is appreciated.
Thanks,
booger
Wait! I thought you were Booger!
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