Lawrence Haas: Democrats should beware of the post-Vietnam syndrome
By: Pam On: Feb/15/07 - 2 Comments
This is an interesting read.  Penny for your thoughts on this:
Reagan’s election initiated a long period of Democratic struggle to compete for the White House. While Reagan looked ahead and projected strength, Democrats looked back, focused on the failure of Vietnam, and expressed hesitancy about America’s role in the world. Not surprisingly, voters came to question the Democrats’ ability to protect the nation.
I feel that we are already seeing the backlash of the left’s stance. Surrender, is not a course of positive action. There is a price to pay for that and the left wants to try and hide the costs.
February 15, 2007 - 06:39 PM on February 15th, 2007
“focused on the failure of Vietnamâ€
Are you subconsciously admitting to what you think about Iraq? Afghanistan?
February 15, 2007 - 06:51 PM on February 15th, 2007
Not at all. What I am saying is that the Democrats kept running on a defeatist attitude. Kept harping on the Vietnam war…and did nothing to try and actually protect the country. Well, we don’t live in an ideal world where we can’t have a military, or where people drink a Coke and teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. Many people didn’t agree with the war, but they felt the Democrats could have handled things differently.