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LewWaters
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 Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject: Ghosts of Vietnam |
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| Quote: | Ghosts of Vietnam
By Cinnamon Stillwell
FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, September 28, 2007
In the ongoing debate over the war in Iraq and, in a larger sense, American involvement in the war on Islamic terrorism, the ghosts of the Vietnam War linger. It seems we cannot go a day without spurious comparisons to the Vietnam "quagmire" or, more accurately, the dire consequences of a premature withdrawal of troops, both then and now.
It’s even become part of the standard narrative for America’s enemies to conjure up the perceived U.S. defeat in Vietnam as proof that the same thing will happen today in Iraq.
The significance of the Vietnam War, both from a historical and a political standpoint, cannot be emphasized enough. It was the most controversial of all America’s military ventures and it led to a rupture in American society that continues to this day. If allowed to hold sway, this rupture threatens American success in Iraq and beyond. |
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For those who do not know, Cinnamon Stillwell is the daughter of Mara Wallis, former entertainer who spent a lot of time in Viet Nam entertaining the Troops. Mara Wallis has chronicled her time into a DVD Documentary of those that entertained us in Entertaining Vietnam
I am impressed that a former Liberal, Cinnamon, who woke up on 9/11, is helping spread the truth about Viet Nam and sees the relation to what the left is trying once again to do in Iraq.
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jalexson
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:42 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for posting this. I wasn't aware that Michael Medved had recognized his error in opposing Vietnam. His fellow anti-war leader David Horowitz has a good essay warning those who oppose American involvement in Iraq.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=1249
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AMOS
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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"Thanks for posting this. I wasn't aware that Michael Medved had recognized his error in opposing Vietnam."
Michael Mudpud also, EMPHATICALLY claims there is no NAFTA super highway in the making.
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Deuce
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| Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Lew,
That was a fine piece by a true patriot...tho' I think her conclusion could be shortened somewhat: | Quote: | | If allowed to hold sway, this rupture threatens America |
there fixed it...
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