the media is NOW comparing afghanistan/iraq to quagmire in vietnam

[spanone]

never heard one fucking itty bitty little peep about this scenario when fuckwad junior was president

i reckon only democrats get bogged down in wars

[Hannah Bell]

1. you didn't? i did.

[spanone]

2. nope

[Hannah Bell]

3. well, you might check your memory on google: e.g.

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2583579

[Autumn]

4. Because now they are Obamas wars.

You didn't really expect them to do anything else did you? There is a shit load of truth in your last sentence.

[kctim]

5. You need to get out more then

the Vietnam warnings and comparisons basically started the same day the fighting started.

[Kansas Wyatt]

12. Senator Kennedy made the comparison...

But he was quickly dismissed by the "Liberal" Media as partisan and trying to stymie the Glorious Supreme Commander In Chief George W. Bush.
"Freedom" songs about the Glorious Supreme Commander were openly encouraged.

The difference now is that the same alleged "Liberal" Media freely throws around the Vietnam comparison and is trying to make up a story about Obama failing to support his general in Afghanistan.

[zbdent]

6. um ... when it was brought up, the person who said any such thing

was denounced as a French-loving America hater who wanted to see our troops killed at the hands of terrorists sawing off their heads ...

[doc03]

8. Exactly n/t

[doc03]

7. I seem to remember the media cheerleading us into

the war. If the news media would have done their job and exposed the WMD hoax we wouldn't have gotten involved in Iraq in the first place.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. Coincidence?

I think not :eyes:0

[spanone]

10. you're with us or against us

[Tansy_Gold]

11. vietnam 2 checklist

Many of us knew. And for what it's worth, we didn't need the media to tell us.




Although this is not MSM, and it's from just prior to the Iraq invasion, the comparisons were well known enough to be made into a (sarcastic) joke:


http://www.counterpunch.org/vietnam203102003.html

CounterPunch
March 10, 2003

Cleared to Taxi
Vietnam 2 Pre-Flight Check

By CounterPunch Wire

1. Cabal of oldsters who won't listen to outside advice? Check.
2. No understanding of ethnicities of the many locals? Check.
3. Imposing country boundaries drawn in Europe, not by the locals? Check.
4. Unshakable faith in our superior technology? Check.
5. France secretly hoping we fall on our asses? Check.
6. Russia secretly hoping we fall on our asses? Check.
7. China secretly hoping we fall on our asses? Check.
8. SecDef pushing a conflict the JCS never wanted? Check.
9. Fear we'll look bad if we back down now? Check.
10. Corrupt Texan in the WH? Check.
11. Land war in Asia? Check.
12. Right unhappy with outcome of previous war? Check.
13. Enemy easily moves in/out of neighboring countries? Check.
14. Soldiers about to be dosed with our own chemicals? Check.
15. Friendly fire problem ignored instead of solved? Check.
16. Anti-Americanism up sharply in Europe? Check.
17. B-52 bombers? Check.
18. Helicopters that clog up on the local dust? Check.
19. Infighting among the branches of the military? Check.
20. Locals that cheer us by day, hate us by night? Check.
21. Local experts ignored? Check.
22. Local politicians ignored? Check.
23. Locals used to conflicts lasting longer than the USA has been a country? Check.
24. Against advice, Prez won't raise taxes to pay for war? Check.
25. Blue water navy ships operating in brown water? Check.
26. Use of nukes hinted at if things don't go our way? Check.
27. Unpopular war? Check.

Vietnam 2, you are cleared to taxi.