Thursday, May 24, 2007

Democrats and Defense

Everyone knows the Democrats have a image problem on defense, and everyone links this problem to Vietnam, which is more or less correct. However, having grown up surrounded by people who blame Democrats for the loss in Vietnam, I have to say that the perception that people blame Democrats for their efforts to end the war, are just plain wrong.

Democrats are blamed for the loss in Vietnam because are blamed with starting it.

It is not that just that Johnson started it, its that his administration, and therefore the Democrats, failed to win the war. We kept lying about what was happening there, about the deaths, about the successes and about the failures. Just like what the Republicans and Bush are doing now.

This is Bush’s war, just like Vietnam was LBJ’s war. Nothing, not the actions of congress, or anything else can change that. Democrats should be careful in how they go about ending the war, but they shouldn’t fear ending the war.

No comments: