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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: marcos who wrote (2478)	2/16/2004 12:34:41 AM
From: the navigator	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Remember Nixon's 'Secret Plan To End The War' during the '68 campaign Yes, Nixon lied many times and many ways in order to extend his presidency. About 30,000 American men had died by the end of 1968. But Nixon didn't have a secret plan to end the war, so another 20,000+ men had to die before we could claim "peace with honor" and leave Viet Nam. That meant 20,000+ unnecessary funerals, 20,000+ devastated families, 20,000+ more names on the wall. During the American War in Viet Nam, many people did many things to avoid going to war. GW Bush, along with thousands of others, did what they had to do to avoid going to Viet Nam. Some went to Canada, some lied to the draft boards, some took advantage of legal loopholes, some joined the National Guard. It's public record that Bush's name went to the head of a list of 500 waiting to get into the National Guard. He was a very fortunate son. Personally, I don't have a problem with anyone who got out of going to Viet Nam by whatever means they had available. It was a massive waste of our national resources on every level. What does disturb me is that a man who deliberately dodged going to war is so quick to commit others to battle. In my eyes, as I watched the decision-making going forward, there was an unseemly rush to send our soldiers to Iraq. I recall my confusion as the inevitable push toward war played out on the evening news. Hussein let the inspectors in. Perhaps not to the degree that we wanted, but his resistance was crumbling. Over and over he denied he had weapons. We suspected he may have been lying, but yet, couldn't we have given the inspectors just a little more time to find out for sure? Instead, we charged into the battle, and now we are occupying the country. Men who've tasted battle are rarely anxious to experience it again. I think perhaps, if Bush had tasted the battle of Viet Nam, he might be a little less hasty in sending others to war. And then he landed on an aircraft carrier in a flight suit and declared the mission accomplished. After experiencing Viet Nam (even from the distance of the National Guard), how could he believe that the battle for Iraq was accomplished? Why didn't he know better? I knew better and I'm just an average citizen. His use of military power appears to be that of a man who is completely out of touch with the realities of one of the seminal events (and lessons) of his generation. Still