The Vietnam II Checklist

[JohnyCanuck]

1. Cabal of oldsters who won't listen to outside advice? Check.
2. No understanding of ethnicity's of the many locals? Check.
3. National boundaries drawn in Europe, not by the locals? Check.
4. Unshakable faith in our superior technology? Check
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25. Much confusion over who and where the enemy is? Check.
26. Against advice, Prez won't use taxes to pay for war? Check.
27. Blue water navy ships operating in brown water? Check.
28. Use of nukes hinted at if things don't go our way? Check.
29. War unpopular at home? Check.
30. No plan in place to end involvement? Check.


See the full list of items on the checklist at: www.rense.com/general40/pref.htm

[donsu]

1. you beat me to the posting

had such a sad feeling after reading straight through from 1 to 30.

[JohnyCanuck]

2. There's that often repeated saying,

"Those who don't learn from history are bound to repeat it." Supposedly Dubya actually got a BA in History from Yale in 68. Oh well, back in those days The Viet Nam war was current events rather than history, so it's hardly surprising Dubya can't see the parallels to the situation as it exists today.

[rocktivity]

3. "We're going to end up with a war...

that has Viet Nam's fingerprints all over it."

rocknation
(late September 2001)