[Vision2020] "Leftist" Misused Term

[Donovan Arnold]

Glad you are not writing our history texts Mr. Hansen.

Take Care,

Donovan J Arnold

>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "'Kai Eiselein'" <editor at lataheagle.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] "Leftist" Misused Term
>Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:45:46 -0800
>
>Greetings Visionaires -
>
>Kennedy was NOT responsible for bringing the United States " . . . to the
>brink of a nuke-fest with Russia."  That was instigated by Nikita Kruschev
>(who threatened to bury the US) by installing nuclear missiles on the 
>island
>of Cuba (only 90 miles from the shores of Florida) in October of 1962.
>Kennedy merely placed a floating blockade around Cuba and told Kruschev to
>stop shipping missiles to Cuba.  This action by Kennedy was a defensive
>action.  The alternative could have resulted in possible nuclear
>devastation.
>
>As far as the "little conflict in S.E. Asia" is concerned, that dates back
>to 1949 when Ho Chi Minh approached Truman for assistance in developing an
>independent Vietnam free from French rule.  The US has had a love affair
>with France since our Revolutionary War and Lafayette.  France told the US
>that Ho Chi Minh was Communist and that we should not side with him.  The 
>US
>refused to assist Minh and he ended up going to the only country that was
>willing to assist him, the Soviet Union.  The war escalated under Johnson
>after a brief (but impacting) skirmish at the Gulf of Tonkin.  Johnson
>stepped down after he realized that General Westmoreland had lied to him.
>Nixon promised withdrawal with honor after being elected in 1968.  Nixon
>stepped up air attacks into North Vietnam and (surprise) Cambodia.  The war
>continued until August 1975.
>
>Since you are so fond of quoting John Kennedy, here is one for you:
>
>"The United States, as the world knows, will never start a war.  We do not
>want a war.  We do not now expect a war.  This generation of Americans has
>already had enough - more than enough - of war and hate and oppression.  We
>shall be prepared if others wish it.  We shall be alert to try to stop it.
>But we shall also do our part to build a world of peace where the weak are
>safe and the strong are just.  We are not helpless before that task or
>hopeless of its success.  Confident and unafraid, we labor on - not toward 
>a
>strategy of annihilation but toward a strategy of peace."
>
>- John Kennedy's commencement address at American University (June 10, 
>1963)
>
>Take care, Moscow.
>
>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the 
>tranquil
>and steady dedication of a lifetime."
>
>--Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
>On Behalf Of Kai Eiselein
>Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 3:51 PM
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: [Vision2020] "Leftist" Misused Term
>
>I learned the same thing in high school. Go far enough either direction and
>the two sides become nearly the same.
>The republicans of today would have made good democrats a few decades ago.
>Kennedy was conservative compared to today's democrats.
>Just look how close he brought us to the brink of a nuke-fest with Russia,
>the Bay of Pigs thing and that little coflict in S.E. Asia that we took 
>over
>from France.
>"...we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any
>friend, oppose any foe, to insure the survival and the success of liberty."
>JFK January 20, 1961
>Does that sound like a modern democrat?
>
>Kai T. Eiselein
>Editor
>Latah Eagle
>521 S. Jackson St.
>Moscow, ID 83843
>(208) 882-0666 Fax (208) 882-0130
>editor at lataheagle.com
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