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To: Bilow who wrote (170898)	9/17/2005 12:33:22 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

Neoconservatism and the cult of empire antiwar.com

To: Bilow who wrote (170898)	9/22/2005 1:04:28 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

Bush's Words on Iraq Echo LBJ in 1967 news.yahoo.com Bush officials bristle at the suggestion the war in Iraq might look anything like Vietnam. Yet just as today's anti-war protests recall memories of yesteryear, President Bush's own words echo those of President Johnson in 1967, a pivotal year for the U.S. in Vietnam. "America is committed to the defense of South Vietnam until an honorable peace can be negotiated," Johnson told the Tennessee Legislature on March 15, 1967. Despite the obstacles to victory, the president said, "We shall stay the course." After 14 Marines died in a roadside bombing on Aug. 3, Bush declared: "We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq. And the job is this: We'll help the Iraqis develop a democracy." <MORE OF THE SAME>