Great News! Troop Drawdown
Or is it? I find it odd that Rep. Jack Murtha was called a coward for wanting a timeline for drawing down the troops or at the very least redeploying them to other areas besides Iraq. Democrats have been accused of hurting the war effots because they question Bushes manipulating prewar intelligence to justify the war with Iraq.
Now however, we hear from Rumsfeld there could be plans for a troop drawdown. Why now? Could this really be true or is it just a ploy to deflect attention away from Mr. Bushes illegal spying on American citizens? Or is it just to shut up the public and the Democrats from wanting Bush to end his occupation of Iraq? Or is it to help Bushes lagging poll numbers?
How many of us remember when Nixon appointed Henry Kissinger to negotiate peace talks with Vietnam? I believe it is worth remembering that Kissinger said, "Peace is at Hand" but what he really meant was just the opposite, it was a lie.
To remind you of what peace meant to Kissinger and Nixon during the Vietnam War please read the following. Also remember that the Nixon Administration just like the Bush Administration was being pressured by Americans to bring our troops home and to end a senseless war. Sadly, it would seem Bush is following in uncle Dickies footsteps. They can say they are bringing home the troops all they want but it certainly doesn't mean they are. It could mean this...
On October 26 Henry Kissinger announced that, after months of both secret and public negotiations, "Peace is at hand." It was an unbeatable last‑minute campaign slogan. A peace agreement, however, had not been signed; details needed to be worked out. In essence the agreement provided for a cease‑fire in place (the "leopard spot" arrangement), with North Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, and Viet Cong troops all holding what areas they had; President Thieu controlled about 75 percent of the territory in South Vietnam and 85 percent of the population. Arrangements for a U.S. troop pullout and POW return would be agreed upon, as would a Council of National Reconciliation, comprised of Vietnamese of all sides, which would decide where and when to hold elections. By and large, these were the conditions upon which the North Vietnamese had insisted since 1965.[§]
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On December 18 the Times ran Beecher's story, but by then it was no longer news because on the same date Hanoi radio—not the U.S. command and most certainly not the White House—announced the resumption of attacks against North Vietnam, including the dropping of mines in Haiphong Harbor, rocket attacks on Haiphong City, and the bombing of Hanoi; many people, said Hanoi, were killed and wounded and damage was heavy. On December 18 (U.S. time) the Nixon Administration acknowledged that it had resumed the full‑scale bombing and mining of North Vietnam: Operation Linebacker Two. Hundreds of planes, fighter‑bombers, and B‑52 stratofortresses carrying twenty‑four tons of bombs each, were conducting the heaviest raids of the war not only on Hanoi‑Haiphong but on targets not struck before. The fighter‑bombers were used for "pinpoint bombing"; the B‑52 raids were carpet bombing in a pattern half a mile wide and a mile and a half long. In the first two days twenty thousand tons of bombs were dropped on North Vietnam—the equal of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. After five days, one hundred thousand tons had been dropped. The attacks would continue, said the White House, until a settlement was reached.
Another thing to be remembered is that Nixon like Bush felt he was within his rights to spy on Americans and is why he had to step down as President. This is why FISA was set up in the first place, to protect the privacy of Americans.
Bush like every American, must abide by the laws of the land and be held accountable when he breaks those laws, he is not above the law.
Now however, we hear from Rumsfeld there could be plans for a troop drawdown. Why now? Could this really be true or is it just a ploy to deflect attention away from Mr. Bushes illegal spying on American citizens? Or is it just to shut up the public and the Democrats from wanting Bush to end his occupation of Iraq? Or is it to help Bushes lagging poll numbers?
How many of us remember when Nixon appointed Henry Kissinger to negotiate peace talks with Vietnam? I believe it is worth remembering that Kissinger said, "Peace is at Hand" but what he really meant was just the opposite, it was a lie.
To remind you of what peace meant to Kissinger and Nixon during the Vietnam War please read the following. Also remember that the Nixon Administration just like the Bush Administration was being pressured by Americans to bring our troops home and to end a senseless war. Sadly, it would seem Bush is following in uncle Dickies footsteps. They can say they are bringing home the troops all they want but it certainly doesn't mean they are. It could mean this...
On October 26 Henry Kissinger announced that, after months of both secret and public negotiations, "Peace is at hand." It was an unbeatable last‑minute campaign slogan. A peace agreement, however, had not been signed; details needed to be worked out. In essence the agreement provided for a cease‑fire in place (the "leopard spot" arrangement), with North Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, and Viet Cong troops all holding what areas they had; President Thieu controlled about 75 percent of the territory in South Vietnam and 85 percent of the population. Arrangements for a U.S. troop pullout and POW return would be agreed upon, as would a Council of National Reconciliation, comprised of Vietnamese of all sides, which would decide where and when to hold elections. By and large, these were the conditions upon which the North Vietnamese had insisted since 1965.[§]
~~
On December 18 the Times ran Beecher's story, but by then it was no longer news because on the same date Hanoi radio—not the U.S. command and most certainly not the White House—announced the resumption of attacks against North Vietnam, including the dropping of mines in Haiphong Harbor, rocket attacks on Haiphong City, and the bombing of Hanoi; many people, said Hanoi, were killed and wounded and damage was heavy. On December 18 (U.S. time) the Nixon Administration acknowledged that it had resumed the full‑scale bombing and mining of North Vietnam: Operation Linebacker Two. Hundreds of planes, fighter‑bombers, and B‑52 stratofortresses carrying twenty‑four tons of bombs each, were conducting the heaviest raids of the war not only on Hanoi‑Haiphong but on targets not struck before. The fighter‑bombers were used for "pinpoint bombing"; the B‑52 raids were carpet bombing in a pattern half a mile wide and a mile and a half long. In the first two days twenty thousand tons of bombs were dropped on North Vietnam—the equal of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. After five days, one hundred thousand tons had been dropped. The attacks would continue, said the White House, until a settlement was reached.
Another thing to be remembered is that Nixon like Bush felt he was within his rights to spy on Americans and is why he had to step down as President. This is why FISA was set up in the first place, to protect the privacy of Americans.
Bush like every American, must abide by the laws of the land and be held accountable when he breaks those laws, he is not above the law.
Impeach Bush!
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