Best question of the night (Jumping To Conclusions)
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Posted by Partha Mazumdar on March 7, 2003 2:53 PM | Partha | Permalink
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When all else fails, bring up Vietnam. What a tired and stupid argument. A more relevant comparison would be Gulf War I (same location, same combatants). It seems we did okay in that war.
Posted by Richard | March 7, 2003 4:55 PM
Posted on March 7, 2003 16:55
For what it's worth, President Bush thought it was a great question.
And, I'd read the question again. The questioner wasn't implying that we'd lose a Gulf War II... he was asking whether a Gulf War II would be worth the costs.
Posted by Partha Mazumdar | March 7, 2003 5:55 PM
Posted on March 7, 2003 17:55
Yeah, Iraq also isn't being supplied with arms or intelligence by any other world powers. Why not compare to the recent conflict in Afghanistan or the first Gulf War? I think people who cite Vietnam are just looking for any reason to oppose the war. They're asking for 100% assurances of something that cannot be proven with absolute certainty. No answer would satisfy them. I just had this same conversation with my father, who was very active in the anti-Vietnam War movement when he was in college and law school.
Posted by Dave | March 9, 2003 7:27 PM
Posted on March 9, 2003 19:27
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Best question of the night (Jumping To Conclusions)
« Good news and bad news | Main | Another must read »
Posted by Partha Mazumdar on March 7, 2003 2:53 PM | Partha | Permalink
http://www.oobleck.com/mt3/mt-tb.cgi/614
When all else fails, bring up Vietnam. What a tired and stupid argument. A more relevant comparison would be Gulf War I (same location, same combatants). It seems we did okay in that war.
Posted by Richard | March 7, 2003 4:55 PM
Posted on March 7, 2003 16:55
For what it's worth, President Bush thought it was a great question.
And, I'd read the question again. The questioner wasn't implying that we'd lose a Gulf War II... he was asking whether a Gulf War II would be worth the costs.
Posted by Partha Mazumdar | March 7, 2003 5:55 PM
Posted on March 7, 2003
 17:55
Yeah, Iraq also isn't being supplied with arms or intelligence by any other world powers. Why not compare to the recent conflict in Afghanistan or the first Gulf War? I think people who cite Vietnam are just looking for any reason to oppose the war. They're asking for 100% assurances of something that cannot be proven with absolute certainty. No answer would satisfy them. I just had this same conversation with my father, who was very active in the anti-Vietnam War movement when he was in college and law school.
Posted by Dave | March 9, 2003 7:27 PM
Posted on March 9, 2003 19:27
This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on March 7, 2003 2:53 PM.
The previous post in this blog was Good news and bad news.
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