WTF Is It Now?!?

Catapulting the propaganda
Awol McMoron accused of twisting history over Iraq, Vietnam war links:

Experts say that Preznit Stupid may be misrepresenting history when he drew a parallel between the US disasters in East Asia to the current "war on terra" to back his case for maintaining US troops in Iraq.

"My understanding of the history of the Vietnam war and the lessons of that differs rather dramatically from Mr Bush, who spent most of that time AWOL and stoned," Asian expert Robert Hathaway should have said.

Retired US Brigadier General John Johns, an expert on counter-insurgency who actually served in Vietnam, said Bush was "cherry-picking" history to support his case for staying the course in Iraq.

"What I learned in Vietnam is that US forces could not conduct a counterinsurgency operation. The longer we stay there, the worse it's going to get," he said.

"What is Bush suggesting? That we didn't fight hard enough, stay long enough? That's nonsense. It's a distortion," said historian Robert Dallek. The disaster in Iraq "is the consequence of going in, not getting out," he added.

Vets aren't too happy with him either:

"The real insult to Vietnam veterans accrues from somebody who didn’t see fit to fight but seems more than capable of defining what our sacrifice was all about,” said Stephen T. Banko III, a highly decorated Vietnam War veteran.

“He makes me throw up. Here’s the thing: All these past comparisons don’t have any relevancy to the situation today,” said Jerry McDonough, a Korean War Army veteran.

“‘Blood and Guts´ -- his guts, our blood,” Banko said.

The preznit, on the front lines with the troops.
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