Spectre of Vietnam is stalking Bush

The Toronto Star ^ | 4-7-04 | TIM HARPER

[sarasota]

Earth to Toronto: Ted Kennedy is not "one of the country's most polarizing politicians". Ted Kennedy is an ineffective windbag who's becomming more irrelevant with each day.

[jtminton]

"I completely agree this is Bush's Vietnam," said Terry Anderson, an expert on the Vietnam era and a veteran of the war who is now a historian at Texas A&M University.

What a big, steaming shovelfull.

[dirtboy]

Spectre of Vietnam is stalking Bush

Only in your liberal wet dreams - wet with the blood of American GIs that you believe will lead to Bush's loss in November.

Do you know why the insurgents are fighting, Mr. Harper? Because of liberal nimrods like you, who help convince them that enough American fatalities will drive the U.S. out of Iraq. The terrorists still cling to the hope that they can create another Mogadishu reaction, because they see the petulant, morose whining from the left and actually believe it represents a majority in this country.

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[Broadside Joe]

Hey Canaduh. Being that you don't have a dog in this fight, go hug a polar bear.

[dalebert]

What went on in Viet Nam is the reason I think Bush will not let Iraq become another Viet Nam. We will win this one.

[EQAndyBuzz]

"Former U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix also weighed in yesterday, telling a Danish newspaper the costs of the war in Iraq outweigh the benefits of removing Saddam Hussein"

Just so we are clear. Gassing your own people, torture, rape, murder is better than the realism of freedom. Is it me or did we fight for several years before getting a democracy in place and a constitution for America?

Damn Euroweenies.

[Dolphy]

Is this George Bush's Vietnam?

No, it's John Kerry's who once again played politics with the US military for the sole purpose of advancing his career.

[Mudboy Slim]

"In strict terms, Iraq is not Vietnam, but the perception is taking hold..."

What a sickening admission of GUILT by this writer...he and TeddyK and the rest of the anti-American Left are trying to create the perception that Iraq is another Viet Nam, thereby providing aid and comfort to the mass-murdering thugs who aim to destroy our resolve. The Leftists who continue to give our enemies hope that America will give up are being seditious, plain and simple!! And Americans need to call 'em on it!!

FReegards...MUD

[Truth666]

The article doesn't address the key points.
For instance the geographic environment.
#1 - Tropical mountains are at least 10 times more favourable for guerrillas than a flat desert.

[Lucky2]

All this "wisdom" from one of the most pompus, windbags in the Senate. Teddy needs to remember that President Bush did not kill someone in his car by driving off a bridge and then try to get his cousin to take the blame, did not get thrown out of college for cheating on a test and did not engage in affairs while married, did not drive his wife to alcoholism, did not.......the list is too long to continue. Uncle teddy needs to shut up, he's a complete jerk.

[BibChr]

I agree. It isn't the specter of Vietnam that's stalking Bush. DEMOCRATS are stalking Bush, and they are USING Vietnam.

The hanging issue, as ever since The Nameless One I and II, is: are Americans STUPID COWS enough to buy it?

Dan

[mass55th]

All the more reason not to cut and run. Does anybody on the left remember what happened after we left Vietnam? It's called the Khmer Rouge and the same thing would occur in Iraq if we pulled out.

[cousair]

I hope they have all the film of Kennedy's red bloted face spewing hatred everytime he opens his mouth. I hope they play it a lot during the campaign. Kennedy couln't be more wrong about President Bush and the world situation with terrorism. The whole western world is at war with these animals and the sooner they figger it out when a town blows up somewhere in Europe, the better. America has done, as usual, all the heavy lifting. It is time the rest of civilization comes to grips with what Islamic terrorists are doing. Kennedy is nothing but a blob on the footnotes of history. His anger at being out of power motivates his every move. He is sadly the runt of the litter than was really the one that should have been put out of its misery.

[sarasota]

Oh where, oh where are Kerry's military/medical records?

[unsycophant]

Right. In "strict" terms Iraq isn't Vietnam, but for the purposes of the author creating a 'perception'--readers should simply ignore the facts. These people are shameless.

[trebb]

It's almost like listening to a eunuch talking about self-examination for testicular cancer - all the empty words are based on absolutely nothing.

[TankerKC]

More than 620 Americans dead in a conflict that's only in its 13th month, with most deaths the result of insurgents' guerrilla-style tactics.

I'm not discounting the 620 brave souls, but c'mon, that isn't much considering we invaded and took over the entire country.

[cartoonistx]