Bush accused of twisting history over Iraq, Asia war links

[Kadie]

Bush accused of twisting history over Iraq, Asia war links
by P. Parameswaran
2 hours, 24 minutes ago


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Bush especially argued that the rapid US pullout from Vietnam in 1973 was to blame for millions of deaths in that country and the rise of the murderous Khmer Rouge communist regime in neighboring Cambodia.

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"My understanding of the history of the Vietnam war and the lessons of that differs rather dramatically from Mr Bush's," Robert Hathaway, an Asian expert at the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, told AFP.

Hathaway said that despite the eight-year US military involvement and its heavy casualties in Vietnam, Washington was still unable to create popular support in the south for a government that was widely considered to be corrupt and unpopular.

South Vietnam collapsed in 1975 not because American forces had withdrawn, but because the South Vietnamese and their army simply did not care enough about their government to fight in its defense, he said. The North Vietnamese simply walked almost unopposed into Saigon.

"So one of the lessons, at least for me, is the American tragedy in Vietnam is that military force by an outside power -- a power that many people in Vietnam viewed as an occupying force -- was not sufficient to create the political conditions for genuinely popular government in South Vietnam nor the political will to fight for that government," Hathaway said.

"Another lesson of Vietnam is that combination of great power and good intentions is not necessarily sufficient for America to impose its will on others," he added.


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070823/pl_afp/usiraqasiabush_070823130430

[DrDan]

1. sure would like to see someone accuse him of telling the truth for a change

that would take so much little effort - such a rare occurence

[BOSSHOG]

2. We interrupt your regularly scheduled program for this breaking news story

Our man in Washington reports that george bush actually told the truth today. We have reporters around the globe to offer their insights into this incredible development.

[HereSince1628]

5. He did admit to not speaking French and having trouble with English

It went a long way toward restoring his credibility :rofl:

[SoFlaJet]

6. What, like you don't remember

having to fight off the Viet Cong who followed our troops home in your neighborhood Dan...oh wait...never mind

[bryant69]

3. Well the good news for Bush is that his followers

Are uninterested and ignorant of history, and are trained to distrust any information that contradicts their worldview as being the work of pointy-headed liberal elites.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[Cha]

4. This is the lesson that needs to

be pounded into buSHITShead.

"Another lesson of Vietnam is that combination of great power and good intentions is not necessarily sufficient for America to impose its will on others," he added."

There was a draft for the War On Viet Nam and more of our Soldiers were killed for what? bush went AWOL so he could be here today giving us his lying version.

[rodeodance]

7. The Angel of History is having a rough time.