[lbo-talk] Richard George Milhous Walker Nixon Bush

[Michael Pugliese]

Nixon in 1969: "The precipitate withdrawal of American forces from  Vietnam
would be a disaster not only for South Vietnam but for the United States  and
for the cause of peace."
Bush yesterday: "Setting an artificial deadline to withdraw would  vindicate
the terrorists' tactics of beheadings and suicide bombings and mass  murder --
and invite new attacks on America."
Nixon: "An announcement of a fixed timetable for our withdrawal would
completely remove any incentive for the enemy to negotiate an
agreement. They  would
simply wait until our forces had withdrawn and then move in."
Bush: "Setting an artificial deadline to withdraw would send a signal  to our
enemies -- that if they wait long enough, America will cut and run and
abandon its friends."
Nixon: "If necessary ... we will withdraw all our forces from Vietnam  on a
schedule in accordance with our program, as the South Vietnamese become  strong
enough to defend their own freedom."
Bush: "And as the Iraqi security forces stand up, coalition forces can  stand
down -- and when our mission of defeating the terrorists in Iraq is
complete, our troops will return home to a proud nation."
Nixon delivered his Vietnamization speech in November 1969, but the last U.S.

 ground troops didn't leave Vietnam until March 1973. More than 8,000
American  soldiers died in the meantime.
-- Tim Grieve at _http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html_
(http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html)
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Michael Pugliese