When word came today that John Kerry was again out there with his usual schtik of revisionist history on Viet Nam. I had wondered what was it with the left over this patently false chapter in history. Commentor RileyD from Just One Minute offered this link to a wonderful essay yhat was written by blogger verfrank before the 2004 election.  Its titled, “The Grand Unified Theory of Viet Nam.” Here’s this:

Vietnam is where the generation making up most of the press and media decision makers “made their bones.” Vietnam established for that generation the moral order. It also was a test of their personal validation. You could not be part of the “new order” if you were for the Vietnam war or even for the soldiers who fought in it. You could not be a part of the “new order” if you felt in any way patriotic towards the US, or even favorable to the American culture. How could you back this country after John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Dr. King, Malcolm X and so many others were assassinated. And people like Richard Nixon went on living?

You should read the whole thing. Kerry and the Democrats are signalling that this is the road they will be taking. The see Iraq as another Viet Nam and withdrwal validates their world vision and own self-importance.

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