BK>>TR>>Who as the one who went to Paris and met with the Viet Cong?

BK>> JB> The liberals do not view the Viet Cong as an enemy.

BK>> The viet cong ceased to exist over 30 years ago. They are not an
BK>> enemy.

BK>> And I've had devoted conservatives tell me the Tet Offensive was
BK>> a North Vietnamese manuever to eliminate the Viet Cong.

 JB> We are talking about 30 years ago.  The left did not view

 Your sentence, above, is present tense.

 JB> the Viet Cong as the enemy then either.

 Lots of liberals supported the war, in the beginning. Ok, now
 you are saying LBJ and JFK were not liberals. That's
 interesting.

 JB> Communism and Socialism are utopian environments for the left.

 Irrelevant to the thread.

 OTOH, Fascism is the utopia of the right.

 JB> eye on Hugo.  If he does nationalize the banks, that will
 JB> be the final nail in his dictatorship.  It will then only

 Perhaps, perhaps not. His real failure was in shutting down the
 free press.

 JB> be a certain amount of time before his little empire
 JB> crumbles under him.

 Like North Korea? Like China? Hell, as long as he has oil Bush
 will trade with him. As will big oil.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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