George Aiken moment?

[Smarmie Doofus]

Too much to hope for from a post-VN president?

For late arrivals, Aiken was Senator from VT during VN era, who famously said ( or was SAID to have said) that LBJ "should declare victory and get out."

From wiki:

>>>During the Vietnam war, Aiken is widely believed to have suggested that the U.S. should declare victory and bring the troops home. Actually, what he said was that "the United States could well declare unilaterally ... that we have 'won' in the sense that our armed forces are in control of most of the field and no potential enemy is in a position to establish its authority over South Vietnam," and that such a declaration "would herald the resumption of political warfare as the dominant theme in Vietnam." He added: "It may be a far-fetched proposal, but nothing else has worked."<1>>>>>

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. Guess not.

Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of history.....