Tanya
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 Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:59 pm Post subject: The real lesson of Vietnam |
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June 30, 2005 / 23 Sivan, 5765
By Victor Davis Hanson
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"The al-Qaidists and former Baathists anticipate another impending U.S. retreat, like the 1984 flight from Lebanon or the 1993 exit from Somalia after the horrific dragging of American bodies in the streets of Mogadishu. Both pullouts, now enshrined in al-Qaida propaganda, contributed to the pre-Sept. 11 folklore that the United States lacked the stamina to defeat terrorists.
So the media-savvy terrorists have redirected their attacks yet again — back to American troops. Just last week, female Marines, who allay Iraqi unease over the searching of Iraqi women at checkpoints, were blown up aboard an armored truck returning to base from a checkpoint.
In response here at home, the ghost of Vietnam is once again being conjured. Given this tendency to compare the two wars, we really should re-examine the horror of Vietnam, specifically its final years."
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0605/hanson063005.php3 |
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