All you need to do is substitite Iraq for Vietnam and George W. Bush for Lyndon Johnson.
These quotes can be used again for the Iraq elections in January 2005.
''I extend my warm congratulations to you and to Prime Minister Ky on your victory in the election... The election was a milestone along the path toward . . . a free, secure and peaceful Viet-Nam.'' Lyndon Johnson to Thieu, Sept. 10, 1967.
''It is remarkable that a young country fighting a tough war on its own soil has moved so far, so fast, toward a representative government.'' Lyndon Johnson, Aug. 18, 1967, NYT, Aug. 19.
''We are in South Viet-Nam today because we want to allow a little nation self-determination. We want them to be able to go and vote for the kind of leaders they want and select the type of government they want. We want them to be free of terror and aggression in doing that ...'' Lyndon Johnson, Oct. 27, 1966.
''We saw that democracy is gaining in Viet-Nam.'' Lyndon Johnson, June 27, 1967.
Just a reminder, 558 days since the start if the Iraq war and no WMDs. But we have had 1049 American military deaths and thousands of severely wounded that we never hear of in the ''Fair and Balanced'' news.
These quotes can be used again for the Iraq elections in January 2005.
''I extend my warm congratulations to you and to Prime Minister Ky on your victory in the election... The election was a milestone along the path toward . . . a free, secure and peaceful Viet-Nam.'' Lyndon Johnson to Thieu, Sept. 10, 1967.
''It is remarkable that a young country fighting a tough war on its own soil has moved so far, so fast, toward a representative government.'' Lyndon Johnson, Aug. 18, 1967, NYT, Aug. 19.
''We are in South Viet-Nam today because we want to allow a little nation self-determination. We want them to be able to go and vote for the kind of leaders they want and select the type of government they want. We want them to be free of terror and aggression in doing that ...'' Lyndon Johnson, Oct. 27, 1966.
''We saw that democracy is gaining in Viet-Nam.'' Lyndon Johnson, June 27, 1967.
Just a reminder, 558 days since the start if the Iraq war and no WMDs. But we have had 1049 American military deaths and thousands of severely wounded that we never hear of in the ''Fair and Balanced'' news.