Something in the Post that flipped me out...

From the Post:
"Military withdrawal from Iraq, Cheney said, would trigger a replay of the same 'scenes of abandonment and retreat and regret' that followed the US military's departure from Vietnam. He likened recent Democratic calls for withdrawal to the 'far left' antiwar policies espoused by former senator George McGovern of South Dakota, the Democrats' nominee for president in 1972."

That is, by far, the stupidest shit I've ever heard. Let's just back the fuck up and look at a bit of history for just one fucking second.

From the Richard M. Nixon Wiki:
"Once in office, he proposed the Nixon Doctrine, a strategy of replacing American troops with the Vietnamese troops, also called "Vietnamization". In July 1969, he visited South Vietnam, and met with President Nguyen Van Thieu and with U.S. military commanders. American involvement in the war declined steadily until all American troops were gone in 1973."

Did you fuckers miss that? do you need to see it again? American involvement in the war declined steadily until all American troops were gone in 1973. Let's see--when was Nixon in office? 1969-1974. When did we decelerate and end our Vietnam involvement?

WHEN NIXON WAS IN OFFICE.

Let's see--what letter did Nixon have next to his name? Can anyone fucking remember? And who won the '72 election--McGovern, or Nixon? So in summary--who decelerated the war?

A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.

Who accelerated the war 8 years earlier?

A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT.

"President Johnson increasingly focused on the American military effort in Vietnam. He firmly believed in the Domino Theory and that his containment policy required America to make a serious effort to stop all Communist expansion. At Kennedy's death, there were 16,000 American military advisors in Vietnam. Johnson expanded their numbers and roles following the Gulf of Tonkin Incident."

That's right, guys--LBJ was a DEMOCRAT. If you want to bring up Vietnam and tie that into two-party politics, let's just get our fucking facts straight. Doing what's right for OUR TROOPS and OUR COUNTRY has nothing to do with party lines.

Let's not fucking be hoodwinked anymore, shall we?