[Vision2020] I hope no repeats?

[Art Deco]

Warren,

How dare you bring up and use facts!  -- Especially about the current Iraq 
situation with a  much more complicated and longer history of hostility 
between the multiple parties than were involved in the Viet Nam War.

This discussion is not about facts, but daily revised spin.  Let us not 
confuse the two.  Spin wins over facts almost every time.

It is very sad to see people trying to rely on facts and logic in this great 
country of ours.  Just think of the pickle we would be in if everyone did!

W.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Warren Hayman" <whayman at adelphia.net>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 8:01 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] I hope no repeats?


> From Harper's Magazine online:
>
> From September 3, 1967:
>
> U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote
> Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror
>
> by Peter Grose, Special to the New York Times
>
>   WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-- United States officials were surprised and
> heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam's presidential
> election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting.
>
>   According to reports from Saigon, 83 per cent of the 5.85 million
> registered voters cast their ballots yesterday. Many of them risked
> reprisals threatened by the Vietcong.
>
>   ....A successful election has long been seen as the keystone in
> President Johnson's policy of encouraging the growth of constitutional
> processes in South Vietnam. The election was the culmination of a
> constitutional development that began in January, 1966, to which
> President Johnson gave his personal commitment when he met Premier Ky
> and General Thieu, the chief of state, in Honolulu in February.
>
>   The purpose of the voting was to give legitimacy to the Saigon
> Government, which has been founded only on coups and power plays since
> November, 1963, when President Ngo Dinh Deim was overthrown by a
> military junta.
>
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