Echoes of Vietnam
Yesterday I watched online the Republican debate, which happened at the Reagan Library, and I heard Mike Huckabee and John McCain both mention leaving Iraq “with honor.” Apparently, Dick Cheney has used that term, too.
Now, I’m not going to comment on the US operations in Iraq, but seriously, what politician in their right mind would invoke Nixon’s statements on Vietnam in order to describe the policy of staying in Iraq? “Leave with honor” sounds very much like Nixon’s “Peace with honor.” It would seem to me like political suicide to utter those words; but perhaps Vietnam is fading from the memories of the public?
