Posted on 05/24/2006 4:25:33 PM PDT by neverdem
"If we got out," asked Tim Russert on NBC’s "Meet the Press" recently, "and there was a civil war, chaos, and you saw al Qaida moving in – in record numbers – would you go back in?"
Russert’s guest, Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., replied, "Well, first of all, I heard the same kinds of suggestions at the time of the end of the Vietnam War. The 'Great Bloodbath,’ we’re going to have over 100,000 people that were going to be murdered and killed at that time. And for those of us who were strongly opposed to the war, heard those same kinds of arguments."
The normally persistent Russert never challenged Kennedy’s incredible assertion. Yet the bloodbath some predicted would occur if we withdrew from Vietnam did happen.
America lost the Vietnam War, not on the battlefield, but on the home front of public support. Anti-war activists and the liberal media helped turn public opinion sharply against the war. Although our soldiers won every major battle in the field, public opinion turned against a war increasingly perceived as "unwinnable." Our withdrawal, however, gave the Vietnamese armies under Ho Chi Minh free rein to overrun South Vietnam – raping, pillaging, plundering, impoverishing, imprisoning, torturing and slaughtering hundreds of thousands of people.
The withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam also strengthened the hand of the communist Khmer Rouge in neighboring Cambodia. Their leader, Pol Pot, embarked on a bloody ethnic-cleansing campaign. While the exact number of Cambodians slaughtered can never be fully known, most estimate those killed from a low of 1 million to a high of 3 million.
A million or so "boat people" fled Vietnam in flimsy watercraft on the South China Sea. Thousands of Vietnamese died in "re-education camps."
I received the following e-mail from a listener who watched the...
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Russert is a liberal, worthless windbag.
Another great example of why the "punish the Republicans" crowd must realize that in November there's only one answer:
"NEVERDEM"
Who pays if we Americans chicken-out again and retreat from victory like we did in Vietnam? Read the following, and you decide.
Iran could have nuclear weapon within four years says IISS
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637702/posts
Are they so ignorant of the history..or do they assume we are?
You got the "bull" part right, but I wouldn't have followed it with "dog".....
However, the punish the rino crowd has the right idea if a rino can be replaced by a conservative. There has been a few races that have done that.
What would Tom DeLay do? Primary the fools.
We will see who gets the last laugh on Judgment day, the lowly innocent victims of Vietnam and Cambodia, or the high and mighty butchers and enablers who perpetrated the massacre.
What happened after World War II? Why did so many people turn against the government? I'm not suggesting that you shouldn't question the government, but it got so bad that no one could see that fighting communism was and is a good idea!
Thanks for the link. I thought this article was interesting.
"His regime signed its death warrant this week. Not by developing nuclear weapons, which is a real fear. Nor by dispatching Hezbollah terrorists to badger the civilized world, also a legitimate threat. But by passing a breathtakingly imbecilic law to require Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians in Iran to wear colored badges on their clothing. Once the law is signed and enforced, Iran will cross over into a zone..."
Here's a guy who was telling the truth, from his own perspective.
I'll bet he could pass a lie detector on this one. He's been in a hazy daze for so long, he doesn't know the truth, and couldn't recognize it if it struck him in the face.
The Republicans are lucky to have him in the Dem party. May he live long, and keep his seat until he passes.
The punishment must occur in the primaries.
Oops! Guess the reply was to Saxon Woods. Whatever, still the same statement. Sorry fo any inconvenience.
Yes, and this one in reply to all who jump to discount the news you mentioned...
Iran is already far beyond yellow badges
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1635757/posts
The commies infiltrated the dems. Check out the Venona project.
the genus hyannis orcinus proves two things it is not proficient in: mathematics and driving an oldsmobile.
I had never seen the FULL quote from Kerry where he accuses troops of atrocities. I was unaware that he claims 150 decorated soldiers testified to war crimes. Is there truth to this claim? Just who are these 150, anyway? Was this (also) made up by Kerry?
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