April 05, 2004
suck-in-air
Was I the only person who experienced a "suck-in-air" moment of horror when Kennedy announced "Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam?"Our soldiers are about as likely to listen to Kennedy's wishful thinking as they are to vote for him.What bothers me isn't the political attack on Bush, but how the senator's idea is a slashing blow to the support for the troops. How does he think these soldiers feel being told they are now part of a "Vietnam," a word which translates into "immoral military action doomed to defeat?" I can't think of a statement more likely to undermine American soldiers than that claim.
What makes Kennedy's vicious attack even more outrageous is that it is demonstrably untrue. The progress on the ground in Iraq has been amazing, given the conditions in Iraq one year ago. We aren't losing in Iraq at all. We are in a war that we have the ability to win...
Posted by John Weidner at April 5, 2004 06:52 PM | TrackBack
Another pearl of wisdom from the "Hero of Chappaquiddick." He's so permanently pickled that he thinks nothing of giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
Why ca'ant (Boston accent) Teddy be more like his brother John...a tax cutter, a defender of freedom, or at the very least, why can't he be dead and buried.
Posted by: Doug Huggins at April 7, 2004 11:36 AMJohn, I suggest you read (or re-read) Kennedy's entire speech. The context makes it clear, as Mark Kleiman points out (I can't post the link without destroying your formatting since your comments allow only automatic URL formatting-- scroll down to April 6), that what Kennedy is saying is not that Iraq is a war that we will lose, but that Iraq is a war that will destroy George Bush as Vietnam destroyed Lyndon Johnson.
Now, we can honestly disagree over whether that is true or not--I think that it is--but I also think it only fair to argue about something Kennedy actually said and meant.
Posted by: Dave Trowbridge at April 7, 2004 04:03 PMCorrection posted above (April 7)
Posted by: John Weidner at April 7, 2004 07:20 PM
