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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 01:06 PM
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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
- George Santayana

The collective psyche of the United States of America forgot Vietnam.

We are now repeating it.
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 01:12 PM
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1. LOTS of them WANT to repeat it, Walt.
They want to "win" this time.
Last time the liberals wouldn't let them.

They believe this.

Like Clarke's characterization of the PNAC kidz, it's as if they've been trapped in amber. The chickenhawks want their "win".
The believe that America has been shit since 1975.
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 01:13 PM
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2. Think we may have forgotten some elements of fascism as well
Of course, the knowledgeable ones at the time warned when fascism returned, it would return in a form we wouldn't recognize.
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mnmoderatedem Donating Member (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 01:30 PM
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3. We didn't take much notice of the Soviets
in Afghanistan either.
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