Iraq War – Should we Leave? Part IV
In the last installment in this series I looked at how the those against the Vietnam war were an important part of North Vietnam’s strategy for defeating the United States and how our record since of cutting and running when faced with casualties, has taught our enemies, rightly or wrongly, that they do not have […]
Read More..>>Iraq War – Should we Leave? Part III
In the last note in this series I looked at the history of our defeat in Vietnam. Like the war in Iraq, many on the anti-war side saw the United States as an invading power and that if we would only leave, the conflict would end. As one leaflet calling for mass demonstrations put it, […]
Read More..>>Iraq War – Should we Leave? Part II
In the last post in this series I have looked at some of the reasons given for why we should leave Iraq. Probably the most serious argument for leaving is the claim that we cannot win and that the sooner we leave the better, often with a comparison to Vietnam. The comparison to Vietnam is very […]
Read More..>>Was Iraqi Threat a Fabrication?
Harold Meyers recent claim (Here) that future historians will see Bush as a President who fabricated crises, is a familiar theme for the left these days. The problem with Social Security I have recently discussed. (More on Social Security, Does Social Security Need to be fixed?) The claims on Iraq reveal a marked difference in […]
Read More..>>Why I don’t Trust Democrats with Defense
The answer is quite simple: their record since the late 1960s combined with their current actions. While JFK was a pro-defense and strong anti-communist, since the late 1960s, the democratic party has almost universally misread our enemy, seeing us as the problem, calling for reductions in defense. They misread the enemy in Vietnam. Even after […]
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