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	What happened when we left Vietnam

caoilfhionn

7-15-2007 9:29 PM

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webb, politicians, defeat, withdrawal, vietnam

caoilfhionn says:

Telling the story of what happened to the Vietnamese when we withdraw. Which is why people are asking today, 'what is going to happen to the Iraqis when we leave?'

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7-16-2007 7:03 AM

debbyski

We can learn a lot from what happened in Vietnam but I don't see a point in pursing these sorts of analogies because I don't think the situations are comparable. What I do see in common is that the United States was humiliated in Vietnam. Again, hubris receives it's traditional reward.

7-16-2007 3:18 PM

bamapachyderm

"Which is why people are asking today, 'what is going to happen to the Iraqis when we leave?' "

I wonder what Jim Webb thinks would happen if we were to do what he asks (leave Iraq)? Did he forget?

7-16-2007 7:50 PM

caoilfhionn

Yeah, he did, obviously. That's another reason I thought this article was important...he changed his stripes.

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