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Article #1347Re: Fear and loathing in America
From: Murray Cooper
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 04:10
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 04:10
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BA wrote: > Murray Cooper wrote > > >>The administration: >> >>a) cynically lied >>b) didn't know what the hell they were talking about >>c) both >> >>What's your guess? > > ---------------------------- > Both, and it smells an awful lot like the Johnson administration's > blundering into Nam. Those "Whiz Kids," "The Best & the Brightest," Those were St. John's boys, not LBJ's. > charged right into that tarbaby, with one hand tied behind their back. As for > now-documented lies, just surf the net. The whopper, of course, was "Gulf of > Tonkin Incident," which LBJ used as a pretext to ratchet up the draft. > > "History may not repeat, but it rhymes." - Mark Twain > > BA > >
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