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Ho Chi Minh And The War In Vietnam (tags)

Ho Chi Minh mistakenly thought that the US government, founded in revolution against colonizers, would help Vietnam free itself from the French.

Scoundrel Media Afghan Massacre Cover-Up (tags)

media

Social Justice Occupations Head Everywhere (tags)

social justice

America's Tortured Past (tags)

America's sordid legacy

No Mourning for "No Regrets" Westy (tags)

Dante would have reserved a special place in Hades for the general who oversaw the escalation of America’s invasion of Vietnam and such war crimes as the Phoenix mass assassination program, the “Pacification” program of mass terror against peasants, and the deliberate destruction of farm and forest with Agent Orange defoliant. ------------

''Parallels Between U.S. Occupation of Iraq and U.S. Involvement in Vietnam'' (tags)

Iraqi guerrillas are most likely aware that they will not be able to crush the U.S. military occupation in Iraq. They do know, however, that if they continue to kill and maim U.S. soldiers, it will only be a matter of time until the American public demands a return of U.S. troops and applies political pressure to the Bush administration. General Abizaid admitted as much, recently warning, "The goal of the enemy is not to defeat us militarily. The goal of the enemy is to break the will of the United States of America, to make us leave."

On Tactics and Strategy: How Bush has Misunderstood Military Strategic Doctrine (tags)

You know you never defeated us on the battlefield, said the American colonel. The North Vietnamese colonel pondered this remark a moment. That may be so, he replied, but it is also irrelevant.

A Bright Shining Lie (tags)

I was inspired to come to Iraq by the experience of reading “A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam.”

Is Rumsfeld stealing Westmoreland's material? (tags)

"Light at the end of the tunnel", "The tide is turning", "We will take the least possible time" is Rumsfeld stealing Westmoreland's material?

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