From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Looks like our quitting was good for the Vietnamese - so sayeth Bush

"For decades, you had been torn apart by war," Bush said.
"And today, the Vietnamese people are at peace and seeing the benefits
of reform."

http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20061126/OPINION/111260081

Bush stated there are lessons we can learn from Vietnam to help us achieve
victory in Iraq. His two lessons: That it takes time for freedom to
triumph, and that "We'll succeed, unless we quit."

Trying to make sense of these lessons requires a greater leap from reality
than I am willing to take.

Are we to assume that Bush thinks the U.S. could have won the war in
Vietnam, and that country would be a better place today, if we hadn't left,
if we were still there bombing them into oblivion?

But then, that contradicts Bush's other statements, on how Vietnam has
improved since we quit the place 31 years ago.

"For decades, you had been torn apart by war," Bush said.
"And today, the Vietnamese people are at peace and seeing the benefits
of reform."

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