KENNEDY ET AL. AND THE SELF-FULFILLING VIETNAM PROPHECY:

Alicia Colon of the New York Sun reminded us that former North Vietnamese colonel Bui TIn, wrote a book about how 30 years ago, the Vietcong processed the anti-war news coming from the United States. He wrote that they although they knew they were losing the war after the Tet offensive, they felt emboldened to hold on. "Every day our leadership would listen to world news over the radio at 9 a.m. to follow the growth of the anti-war movement." He wrote that visits to Hanoi by Jane Fonda, Ramsey Clark and ministers gave them confidence that they should keep fighting even in the face of reverses. Irresponsible comments by Kennedy made for the purpose of scoring cheap political points at home are no doubt having the same bolstering effect among the terrorists in Iraq today. Ted Kennedy's reckless blame America mantra, and not the actions of our government, is responsible for recussitating Vietnam here. The pathetic thing is even after all we learned about how the enemy uses such comments against us, he hasn't learned a bleeping thing. He is not helping America. He is helping those who despise who we are, what we are, and our noble efforts on behalf of the majority of the Iraqi people.

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