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Article: Iraq-Vietnam link does not work
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- September 4, 2007
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WE ALL know the famous phrase of historian George Santayana, who
warned: "Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it."
But those who raise false historical analogies may harm their
cause as much as the memory-challenged. Such is the case with
President Bush, who compared Iraq to Japan, South Korea - and
Vietnam.
We are engaged in a national debate of huge importance over how to
rescue our Iraq policy from pending disaster. Republican stalwarts,
whose support may be fraying, are mostly willing to back Bush's call
to "stay the course," while the Democratic base believes we must
leave Iraq as soon as possible.
In the middle are many Americans who grasp that an Iraq debacle
will have ...