In reading today’s Boston Globe online, I found an extraordinary comparison of the similarities and differences between our national calamities in Vietnam and Iraq. H.D.S. Greenway worked as a correspondent in Vietnam and now writes for the Globe, so he has more than a passing knowledge of these tragic conflicts.
The most frightening thing to me is the similarity in the mindsets of both eras – how delusional our political and military leaders become in such situations.
It is particularly saddening to realize that brilliant people like Donald Rumsfeld who were present and in a position to understand the lessons of Vietnam could be fooled by their own hubris into believing that they through sheer will power and overarching American military technology could trump human nature. How sad.
The appointed leaders must be dismissed and the elected officials leading the charge must be turned out.
Read and weep.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/12/27/how_will_the_iraq_war_end?p1=email_to_a_friend
Blog on!
Wild Bill
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