[Vision2020] guerilla warfare

[Tom Hansen]

Having grown up in the 1960's, I fail to see any common links.

During Vietnam, President Johnson was not in over his head.  The evolution
of the Vietnam War is a long story (again, involving the French).  But that
is for another topic, another day.

The only common thread I see linking the Vietnam War (Johnson) and Persian
Gulf War, Part 2 (George W) is that the President publicly disseminated the
lies that he was told.  General Westmoreland lied to Johnson and Director
Tenet lied to Bush.

Once the lies were discovered, how did these presidents respond?

President Johnson assumed responsibility for lying to the American people
and did not seek a second term.

President Bush is attempting to covr it up, saying that the lie was
insignificant, that he didn't know it was a lie.

Yes.  We are in a major quagmire (and I use that term for "mixed company"
purposes.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> Behalf Of Mark Rounds
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:56 PM
> To: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] guerilla warfare
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> I am just going to draw a few parallels here and if I perhaps you
> see what I
> do, we can all cry in my beer.  Has anyone compared Rumsfeld to MacNamara?
> Is it a coincidence that we have another Texan (ala LBJ) is is
> appearing to
> be in a bit over his head?  Should I continue to draw cultural
> comparisions
> to the majority of Americans in the early 60's and today?  Quagmire?
>
> Mark ROunds
>
> At 09:13 AM 7/17/2003 -0700, Carl Westberg wrote:
> >Just a couple of weeks ago in a press conference, Donald
> Rumsfeld reacted to
> >the term guerilla warfare in regards to Iraq with his patented,
> endearing,
> >sneering, condescending, "you're not a patriot, are you" kind of
> response.
> >Hell no, this isn't guerilla warfare, said Rumsfeld, these are terrorist
> >attacks.  Now that Gen. Abizaid had said that, indeed, this is guerilla
> >warfare, it's apparently not unpatriotic to use that term.  To push the
> >envelope a little, would it still be unpatriotic to ask a one
> word question:
> >  Quagmire?
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >                                                           Carl
> Westberg Jr.
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