[lbo-talk] MN: Repugs beginning to worry Iraq will be bad for them

SergioL652 at aol.com SergioL652 at aol.com
Sat May 31 08:25:09 PDT 2003


In a message dated 5/31/2003 9:19:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, mpollak at panix.com writes:


> Remember, Vietnam Sergio, the war the invented the credibility gap. That
> was true then too. Until it wasn't.
>
> Michael
>

I don't know if comparisons to Vietnam are applicable here. The situation now is very different. Baby Boomers, the USSR, the well funded right wing media, ect. made it a more volatile situation. And I believe during Vietnam the vast majority supported the war, and until the Tet offense had a belief that it would be over quickly (light at the end of the tunnel, etc.) It seems that the credibiltiy gap was a result of the average (white male) USer losing faith in the ability of their leaders to win this war. Can others in the list comments on Vietnam era vs now?

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