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To: wardaddy
nice essay but no one has offered anything to bolster the assumption that Cronkite wanted us to lose in Vietnam
Just like there is no proof that Harry Reid wanted the US military to fail in Iraq. And have I got a deal on a bridge for anyone who sincerely believes THAT!

In both cases the evidence of the desire for American defeat can be illustrated by the fact that they were saying what they would NOT, on any account, say if they wanted the opposite result. If you sincerely believe that Reid didn't want American defeat when he openly predicted it, just ask yourself what price you think Reid would have accepted to predict that the Democratic Party was going to suffer a debilitating defeat in the next election. Even Obama can't print enough money for THAT!

And the same thing was true of Walter Cronkite and Vietnam.


42 posted on 07/18/2009 12:08:50 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (The conceit of journalistic objectivity is profoundly subversive of democratic principle.)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

So typical. Liberals want us to prove other people’s motivations before advancing a point, while they give us hate crime laws.


43 posted on 07/18/2009 12:10:45 PM PDT by Luke21 (If it's the Asspress, it's usually a lie.)
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