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Afghanistan & Vietnam-- via my Dad
Dec. 4th, 2009 09:38 pmEverything behind the cut is something my Dad sent me on Monday. I think there might be interest. He gave me permission to post it. He also gave me permission to edit it, but I haven't.
DAD:
I am writing this BEFORE President Obama makes his long awaited and potentially disappointing statement on Afghanistan. Rumor/leaks point to a statement long on discussions of the ‘end game’ and short on plans for the more immediate future. I have resisted the facile comparisons pundits make between Iraq/Afghanistan and Vietnam, but the President is making a fateful decision that has uneasy parallels with similar decisions made by JFK, LBJ and Nixon in the 60s and early 70s that put us on an inevitable path towards escalation and open ended commitments.
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DAD:
I am writing this BEFORE President Obama makes his long awaited and potentially disappointing statement on Afghanistan. Rumor/leaks point to a statement long on discussions of the ‘end game’ and short on plans for the more immediate future. I have resisted the facile comparisons pundits make between Iraq/Afghanistan and Vietnam, but the President is making a fateful decision that has uneasy parallels with similar decisions made by JFK, LBJ and Nixon in the 60s and early 70s that put us on an inevitable path towards escalation and open ended commitments.
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