You should check out the book Unheralded Victory; The Defeat of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army by Mark Woodruff. Mr. Woodruff lays out a detailed case for the utter military defeat of the Communist enemy in Vietnam, a victory that was transmogrified into defeat by the evil alchemy of the anti-war left. The reason that I think it is so relevant to contemporary affairs is because it offers a concrete historical example of how military success can be altered by unscrupulous anti-war activists into political failure. He outlines as to how the Dich Van propaganda program of the Commies in Vietnam was as smashing a success for them as their battlefield efforts were a debacle. We have our own contemporary version of a Dich Van program that is being orchestrated this time by our own 5th column here in the states.
I hope that you can read the entire book, as it is startling in it's insights as to how thoroughly the North Vietnamese were beaten. But if you can only read chapters 19-22 you will gain an invaluable insight into the betrayal of the South Vietnamese and this country's honorable effort to save SE Asia from Communist tyranny by the radical anti war left and a Democratic Congress.
Libertat Vinta!
sounds like a worthy addition to my library. I had 3 cousins who fought in 'Nam. Two of them came back and are avowed big city in NorthEast, Group-Politics democrats. Makes me sick.
Our family is 1st generation born here of Puerto Rican ancestry - they were democrats back when that meant something. They still can't handle when I confront them with the way our democrat congress backstabbed Vietnam back in the '70's.
as for that question you ask on your profile page, the answer is... one soul at a time. I experience similarthings when talking with Puerto Rican community here (am in CT, work in NY) - that plantation bug / republicans are racist belief is like a virus and dug in deep. I'm reminded of Jesus and the parable of the 10 lepers - only one came back. So I guess patience is the key.
But we might yet see a tipping point... Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams... Lynn Swann running for Governor... and of course, Condi. I have great hopes yet for astonishing changes... Perhaps I'll live to see the day when - instead of this fixation with WEB Dubois - we will recognize his contemporary (and superior, imho) Booker Washington for his true greatness and contributions to America.
God Bless, merry Christmas...