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...Getting rid of Saddam was a good idea. But replacing his secular dictatorship with a fundamentalist theocracy would not be so good. Iraq will probably have a civil war that will eclipse and consume any puppet democracy that the U.S. creates. Stay the course? That was our motto in Vietnam. Daniel T. Arcieri Blue Point...
...weeks in his new unit, Jenkins was asked to volunteer to lead troops on dangerous daytime reconnaissance outings, called "Hunter Killer" missions, along the 38th parallel. He always refused. In the winter of that year, he also learned that his unit was likely to be shipped out to Vietnam in the spring or summer of 1965. Breaking down while speaking with the judge, Jenkins said he started to suffer from depression, drink heavily and seek a way out of the Army. "I feared for my ability to lead other soldiers into combat," he said. "I did not want...
...were more interested in the Vietnam War and bigger issues than the final clubs,” Cochran says...
Kerry has never been comfortable with such soaring slogans. During his early years in the Senate, his service in Vietnam made him a reluctant interventionist. He voted against the first Gulf War, accusing the elder Bush of "impatience with sanctions and diplomacy" and warning that the country "is not yet ready for what it will witness and bear" if it goes to war. In the 1990s Kerry backed the use of force in the Balkans but criticized President Clinton as "arrogant" for referring to the U.S. as "the indispensable nation." Kerry's biographer, historian Douglas Brinkley, says, "Kerry...
...facts rather than ideological goals. In Kerry's view, Bush's belief in the inevitability of freedom's triumph has become a hazard, blinding him to the harsh reality of the country's predicament in Iraq. "This is the critical issue that goes back to his experiences in Vietnam," says Winer. "Respect for the facts is critical. Kerry's approach is fact based. President Bush's is faith based...