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Testing ‘worse, dumber posting’ capabilities…
How to Turn Iraq into Another Vietnam
The Fifth Column/JB Williams
August 25, 2005 - The anti-war blame-America-first folks behind the movement to create another Vietnam in Iraq are well versed in how to accomplish their goal. They still have the blueprints from when they created the first Vietnam. But younger Americans impatient with the progress in Iraq have no real memory of how Vietnam happened. So I thought someone should provide a roadmap for success, or failure as the case may be?
JB Williams
The Rant is filled with monkeys,
Who like to fling their poo,
And when Iraq starts looking wack,
They blame it all on you.
Alek Hidell said,
August 25, 2005 at 17:47
*Sigh.* Another goddamn Baby Boomer who’s still fighting his generation’s battles. Who will rid us of this meddlesome demographic?
If only that were a clue-phone he were talking on there.
Mike said,
August 25, 2005 at 18:16
The pro-war, fuck-America-up folks have been amazingly successful at getting people to forget the false premise on which the war in Iraq was based. I hope they aren’t equally successful in blaming the war’s failure on its ideological opponents.
derek j said,
August 25, 2005 at 18:18
that lim-lick is lick-a-lishous ; )
ok that was fucking retarted, but seriously its a good post.
love your site
dj
Yosef said,
August 25, 2005 at 18:18
Why do so many people compare Iraq to Vietnam? One is in the Middle East and the other is in SE Asia! Geez!
Pinko Punko said,
August 25, 2005 at 18:21
How come when I read about these wackos the Carpenter’s start playing in my head, specifically “we’ve only just begun…..”
Brad R. said,
August 25, 2005 at 18:45
As an example, the Vietnam experience placed the word ?quagmire? on the tip of many US tongues for the first time. The word became synonymous with the Vietnam experience as a result of a very focused anti-war campaign designed to define the war with just this one word.
Maybe because it WAS a quagmire?
Anonymous said,
August 25, 2005 at 19:15
Ooh, ooh, let me try:
As an example, the WW2 European experience placed the word ?fascism? on the tip of many US tongues for the first time. The word became synonymous with the WW2 European experience as a result of a very focused anti-nazi campaign designed to define the war with just this one word.
Anne said,
August 25, 2005 at 19:15
They’ve been setting up the “blame the liberals” thing for a while now. However, I don’t think they counted on the low approval ratings and the lowering enthusiasm about the war.
yagi said,
August 25, 2005 at 19:16
That was me with the trying.
yagi said,
August 25, 2005 at 19:19
It’s astounding to me that the very people who turned out in the MILLIONS to protest the Iraq war BEFORE IT STARTED are now called traitors and are blamed for the outcome of that very war. Wha…?
teh l4m3 said,
August 25, 2005 at 19:33
JB gives good BJ.
Signed, JB
Gavin M. said,
August 25, 2005 at 21:27
“Ollie, I don’t think you should…”
“You get out of my way, Stan; this is no time for your silliness.”
[Oliver Hardy climbs on roof, slips, falls into barrel of paint, is run over by clanging fire truck, staggers into vat of wet cement, climbs out missing his pants, slips on banana peel, knocks pie off windowsill, which lands on face.]
[He looks at Stan.]
“WELL, THIS IS ANOTHER FINE MESS YOU’VE GOTTEN US INTO!”
Lucy said,
August 25, 2005 at 22:03
It’s upsetting that every time I look at his picture I see a resemblance to the brilliantly funny Kevin Murphy of MST3K (the voice of Tom Servo).
D. Sidhe said,
August 25, 2005 at 23:20
I dunno. Iraq looks more like Afghanistan to me. I bet the Russians think so, too.
I have a feeling bin Laden is still amazed at how eager we were to completely forget every damned thing we taught him.
Marq said,
August 26, 2005 at 10:05
This bit was old when I was young. Right now, the anti-war movement (such as it is) is ruining our chances to win this gob-smackingly important war that we’re in, just like the Vietnam protesters ruined the Vietnam war, allowing International Communism to take over the world! And when we enter our next ill-conceived war, Iraq will be held up as an example of a war ruined by those pesky anti-war protesters. And the war after that will blame the protesters from the previous one. Etc., etc.,ad-infinitum. Until around 2057 when a pissed-off East Timor has had enough and wipes the remains of the US off the face of the map.
Sickduck said,
August 26, 2005 at 16:11
Gavin M., You’re a genius!
Anonymous said,
August 26, 2005 at 19:53
Hey now, this guy may have a point. After all, if we leftists weren’t loudly protesting the war while pointing out its lack of justification, its poor planning and execution, everybody here in ‘Merka’ would think it’s all just ducky. Right? So you see how it’s all our fault that things are going so terribly over there. I mean if nobody was talking about the abuses and crimes, they wouldn’t be happening, now would they?
BruceH said,
August 26, 2005 at 19:54
Hey now, this guy may have a point. After all, if we leftists weren’t loudly protesting the war while pointing out its lack of justification, its poor planning and execution, everybody here in ‘Merka’ would think it’s all just ducky. Right? So you see how it’s all our fault that things are going so terribly over there. I mean if nobody was talking about the abuses and crimes, they wouldn’t be happening, now would they?
MJ said,
September 4, 2005 at 10:50