Complete LTTE Boston Globe 4/15/04

[kclown]

Wish I had written it.

Bush forewarned about quagmire
By 0, 4/15/2004


 AGREE with the Bush apologists who have pointed out how
unfair it is for Senator Kennedy to characterize the war in
Iraq as "George Bush's Vietnam." There is an obvious
difference between the two quagmires. The Vietnam War grew out
of a murky series of quiet and seemingly innocuous
escalations, a kind of misguided mission that drew relatively
little protest until our disastrous commitment had been well
established and the results were plain to see. 

Iraq, on the other hand, began with a massive invasion in the
face of some of the largest and most passionate protests in
history. On a single day, an estimated 10 million people took
to the streets to express the view that an American invasion
of Iraq would be, for one reason or another, a bad move. I
recall Bush derisively likening this massive protest to a
"focus group."

As a member of the largest "focus group" in recorded
history, I maintain that it does Presidents Kennedy and
Johnson a disservice to call Iraq "George Bush's
Vietnam." Very few saw the Vietnam quagmire coming; Bush
was warned by millions.

JONATHAN SIMON
Arlington

[BlueEyedSon]

1. OMFG... great!

[tom_paine]

2. Excellent letter! Wish I had written it, too!

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