Those defeatist, betraying, Decents
In a bizarre article in the Guardian (not online for some reason) Washington Times columnist Tony Blankley tells us that Congress is indulging in the politics of national defeat with the stench of defeatism.Harking back to 1974 he reminds us that "anti-war Democrats" voted against $800m of military aid to South Vietnam, these "fish-eyed sacks of loathsome bile and infamy; unwholesome in their birth; repugnant and stench-forming in their decline".
Let's look at one of those Democrats who voted against the military appropiation bill in 1974. Step forward, Henry "Scoop" Jackson...[exerpt from Robert Kaufman's biography]
In his justification for the decision, he stressed that no further aid could save a corrupt South Vietnamese regime that “lacked the determination, leadership and direction to fight”….[in April 1975] he accused the executive branch of misleading “a foreign government and the United States Congress about US commitments to South Vietnam in 1972-73
posted by Matthew @ 11/23/2005 09:43:00 AM
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