Iraq vs Vietnam

by Kerry Thomas

May 11, 2004

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Nowhere is that saying more appropriate today than in the politicization of the war in Iraq. As the Democrats are so oft to remind us, we should not let Iraq turn into another Vietnam.

Yet the Democrats on the extreme left of the political spectrum are doing their best to do just that, by attempting to wrest control of the military from the Pentagon, and viewing everything that happens in Iraq through a political spectrum.

History has shown that in Vietnam, the U.S. military won the battles, but the political activists of the time caused America to lose the war. As the war in Vietnam continued, the political climate in America shifted, and constrained our military forces from doing their job properly.

We're seeing a repeat of that tragic political shift in America again today. Self-serving politicians are trying to usurp control of the military, and build a political climate they hope will demand withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.

The Congress gave the President authority to prosecute this war. Let's let our military forces do their job, the job America sent them to do.