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

[Max B. Sawicky]

There were at least two issues.  One is what you
say, the other was simply the veracity of government
statements.  I remember my conservative college roomie
coming back from seeing "In the Year of the Pig" deeply
shaken at the magnitude of government lies.  He ended
up doing a lot of movement stuff before (much later)
retiring to suburban family bliss.

mbs

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?

Sergio