Korea,vietnam And Iraq Syndrome - Political Forum

CHUQ · 11-18-2006, 07:34 AM

I found this opinion piece while surfing and doing some research for an article I am writing. Thought I would post it and see what exchange will take place.

The Korea, Vietnam, Iraq Syndrome - by John V. Walsh

CHUQ · 11-19-2006, 06:11 AM

I posted this link to show people there are similarities to the three major conflicts in the last 50 yrs. Some of the same premise was used in all three and that the sooner the fallacy of the policy is realized the sooner a correction can be made.

CHUQ · 11-22-2006, 04:55 AM

Since World War II, the State of Texas has produced the largest number of U.S. presidents. Among the eleven, four have been either born in Texas (Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson) or became presidents using Texas as their political base (George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush), while two hailed from California (Richard M. Nixon and Ronald W. Reagan). The rest came from five other states.

Among the four, Johnson, a Democrat, and the current President Bush, a Republican, deserve close attention for their striking contrasts and similarities. Johnson, then vice president, became the 36th president by succeeding President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963. The naval incidents in the Gulf of Tonkin near the territorial waters of then North Vietnam on Aug. 2 and 4 of 1964, involving the American destroyers U.S.S. Maddox and the C. Turner Joy (for the second incident only) led to the Joint Resolution of U.S. Congress on Aug. 7, which authorized President Johnson "to take all necessary steps, including the use of armed forces, to assist any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty requesting assistance in the defense of freedom."

A story about the wars that prezs have had during their trems, pro and con.

The Korea Herald : The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper

CHUQ · 11-25-2006, 05:33 AM

May I the only one who remebers Vietnam? Probably the only one who actually experienced it.

HANOI is not Baghdad. More like Washington, George W Bush must think as his motorcade sweeps past sparse crowds of people who don’t look like admirers. Even so, the US President has not shirked from drawing comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam. ‘We’ll succeed there unless we quit,’ he said. It would just take time for ‘an ideology of freedom to overcome an ideology of hate’.

Mr Bush’s communist hosts must be puzzled by this analogy. Had the President blinked, perhaps, as Saigon fell? Had he misremembered how the home team won the war or failed to notice that the youth choirs, blue silk robes and fruit chips prepared for world leaders at this weekend’s trade summit had all been offered in the name of Uncle Ho

This is a pretty good read it you are interested, but it is more like the Korean War, ignore it it will go away. Something for Iraq Vets to keep in mind!

Khaleej Times Online - It is time for your Vietnam history lesson, George!