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Politics : The Iraq War And Beyond -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: James Calladine who wrote (7827)	2/2/2005 8:59:15 AM
From: Ed Huang	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9018

>>A New York Times article of September 4, 1967, is entitled "U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote: Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror." It reads, "United States officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam's presidential election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting. According to reports from Saigon, 83 per cent of the 5.85 million registered voters cast their ballots yesterday. Many of them risked reprisals threatened by the Vietcong. A successful election has long been seen as the keystone in President Johnson's policy of encouraging the growth of constitutional processes in South Vietnam... The purpose of the voting was to give legitimacy to the Saigon Government..."<< Comparing the mainstream media's propagandas of the Iraq vote today and the Vietnam vote in 1967, we can see a surprising similarity here.