merged timeline of Vietnam in 1964-65 and Iraq in 2004-05.

[G_j]

http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/extra/archives/000921.html

History repeating? -- the Vietnam-Iraq timeline

"Why must we take this painful road? Why must this nation hazard its ease, and its interest, and its power for the sake of a people so far away? We fight because we must fight if we are to live in a world where every country can shape its own destiny. And only in such a world will our own freedom be finally secure."

Sound familiar? Those words were uttered by the president of the United States.

But the date was April 7, 1965. The president was Lyndon B. Johnson. And the subject was Vietnam. The speech was just 77 days after the start of the second Johnson administration, after the American people gave him a near record landslide with 61 percent of the vote.

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Already, there is open talk by the Pentagon of a major offensive against the insurgents in Fallujah in late fall. Already, members of Congress are learning of plans for a new mobilization of troops. Just like LBJ's escalation in Vietnam, these moves aren't planned until after the election, and after voters have rendered their judgement.

Here's a merged timeline of Vietnam in 1964-65 and Iraq in 2004-05. The Vietnam events are in italics, and the Iraq events are in bold. Most of the Vietnam entries come from an excellent timeline compiled by Vietnamresearch.com, a Veterans' project.

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[leftchick]

1. sad isn't it....

the ones in charge skipped the Viet Nam history lesson...

[Eloriel]

5. History, hell

They skipped the war itself.

[seemslikeadream]

2. I am too scared to close my eyes

http://www.bushflash.com/year.html WATCH THIS VIDEO only takes 3 minutes

Enveloped in a sentiment,
A sound that rushes over me.
Engage an impulse to pretend
I have a faith as pure.
Not forgetting what it means to dream.
Indulging everything.
Entertaining thoughts that I've the strength
Of those I yearn to be.
Cheers and tribute greet the saviours.
Reckless thoughts survive.
Anachronistic and impulsive.

And what will happen?
Will I dream?
I am too scared to close my eyes.
For a second please hold me.
None can change in me these things that I believe.
But I don't know what happens now.
I am too scared to close my eyes.

Legion
Vnv Nation

[G_j]

3. powerful flash

btw, I watched it earlier

[EastofEdon]

4. I get the feeling that

Bush's version of the Tet offensive is in the works...