Coming up on Democracy Now!-transcript at link.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/23/1333248Bush Invokes Vietnam to Argue Against U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq
President Bush warned Wednesday that a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq would lead to mass bloodshed similar to what happened in Southeast Asia after the Vietnam War. He urged critics of the current war to "learn something from history" and "resist the allure of retreat." We speak with historian and investigative journalist, Gareth Porter.
President Bush has compared the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to earlier US wars against Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. He spoke Wednesday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Kansas City. The president warned that a US withdrawal from Iraq could result in a similar outcome to what happened in Vietnam and Cambodia after the withdrawal of US troops.
* President Bush, speaking in Kansas City, August 22nd, 2007.
The president also pointed to Japan and Korea in his speech as examples of past US military successes. He urged critics of the current war to "learn something from history" and "resist the allure of retreat."
* Gareth Porter, a historian and investigative journalist. He is a specialist in U.S. military and foreign policy and was the director of the IndoChina resource center towards the end of the Vietnam War. He now writes regularly on Iraq and Iran for Inter Press Service and maintains a blog on The Huffington Post. His most recent book is "Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam."
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