Posted on 05/29/2004 6:36:18 AM PDT by liberallarry
I ordered first a substantial increase in the training and equipment of South Vietnamese forces. . . . The primary mission of our troops is to enable the South Vietnamese forces to assume the full responsibility for the security of South Vietnam."
President Richard M. Nixon, on his Vietnamization policy, Nov. 3, 1969.
"Eventually [Iraqi forces] must be the primary defenders of Iraqi security, as American and coalition forces are withdrawn. . . . At my direction, and with the support of Iraqi authorities, we are accelerating our program to help train Iraqis to defend their country."
President George W. Bush, U.S. Army War College speech, May 24, 2004.
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You know, for all the bitching leftists do about the Vietnam war and Richard Nixon, you'd think they'd thank him for getting the U.S. out of Vietnam.
No, they'll never say thank you because it would mean they would have face the fact that they got us into that war in the first place.
King is saying that the best way to measure Iraqi support for our point of view is to watch the performance of the police and army we train...and by that measure support is low.
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