Posted on 12/04/2005 12:13:09 AM PST by Hadean
You're right.
No matter how the spinners spin it, this is far more like WWII.
I agree again. The problem is we're not fighting it like it's WWII.
Iraq is not Vietnam, no matter how much the Left and the MSM wants to make it so. The people we are fighting in Iraq are the very same folks who hit the WTC twice, our embassies in east Africa (the casualty figure in Nairobi was over 5,000 killed or wounded), and the USS Cole. They also formally declared war against us in 1996. More people were killed on 9/11 than at Pearl Harbor. If you want an analogy, then that is it, not Vietnam.
It can't be said enough. The war in Iraq and Afghanistan are part of the WOT. Paraphrasing Joe Louis, "We can run, but we can't hide." Leaving Iraq without winning is not an option.
Precisely. The Democrats and their willing allies in the press are declaring "Defeat" and no amount of winning will change their minds.
Iraq could emerge as a shining example of economic and personal liberties...and the Democrats would claim it represents "another defeat for America".
Raush is a RAT shill who picks and chooses his recollection of history. During Vietnam the congress, in its frequently questionable "wisdom", cut funding. There was little else Nixon could do.
Rasch, you bleepin' fool-tool. I could write a much more factual account than you ever will.
If they mean Bush will finish what Saddam started, they're right.
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