Michael Kinsley...Liberal...Has it Right (1 Viewer)

[BubbaBob]

Even the libs are on the Right side...from a respected liberal pundit:

For national security in general, the Democrats' plan is so according-to-type that you cringe with embarrassment: It's mostly about new cash benefits for veterans. Regarding Iraq specifically, the Democrats' plan has two parts. First, they want Iraqis to take on "primary responsibility for securing and governing their country." Then they want "responsible redeployment" (great euphemism) of American forces.

Older readers may recognize this formula. It's Vietnamization -- the Nixon-Kissinger plan for extracting us from a previous mistake. But Vietnamization was not a plan for victory. It was a plan for what was called "peace with honor" and is now known as "defeat."

BubbaBob

 

[Diogenes]

Older readers may recognize this formula. It's Vietnamization -- the Nixon-Kissinger plan for extracting us from a previous mistake. But Vietnamization was not a plan for victory. It was a plan for what was called "peace with honor" and is now known as "defeat."

Ummm.... almost.

After our soldiers left Vietnam the South Vietnamese held their own quite well for a couple of years, but they required a lot of material aid from us to match the aid the North was getting from China and the USSR. Once the Dems swept into office in 1975 and cut off the aid, the South collapsed -- a preview of what would happen if the Dems had their way in Iraq.