vietnam

Protestors Wrong on Vietnam Then and on Iraq Now, Group Says

When thousands of people gather in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to protest the war in Iraq, a group of Vietnam veterans hopes to take advantage of what it sees as an unprecedented opportunity to ...

Vietnam, Always Handy

"The president wants to be like Truman. Some historians think he may be more like L.B.J."

"Installed" Bush "Ignoring the Results of the November Elections"

Sheryl Gay Stolberg: Bush "was installed in the White House by a 5-to-4 vote of the Supreme Court" and "is ignoring the results of the November elections" by insisting on more troops in Iraq.

Incurious George in Vietnam: He's No Bill Clinton

"But the mood of this trip could not have been more different from the visit of another president, Bill Clinton, exactly six years ago this weekend, when he seemed to be everywhere."

David Sanger's Own Personal Vietnam

Reporter David Sanger never misses a chance to compare Iraq to Vietnam, making Bush's visit to the region irresistable as fodder.

Iraq: Bush's Vietnam?

Reporter John Broder resurrects a liberal (and NYT) talking point: "The moment is reminiscent of early 1968, when President Lyndon B. Johnson convened a panel of wise men to advise him on the ...

Theatre Critic Rounds up the Usual Cliches: Bush as Nixon, Iraq as Vietnam

"...according to some analysts, George W. Bush has presided over the biggest power grab by the executive branch in American history."

Michael Moore, Trustworthy War Philosopher

David Stout: "Since the Vietnam War era, it has been common to say that wars are begun by powerful men whose sons stay home, while the sons of men and women with calluses on their hands and dirt ...
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