a US General makes an uncomfortable analogy

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

>The LA [TIMES]'s Iraq lead ... begins by extensively quoting a
Pentagon official, Lt. Gen. James T. Conway, about his desire to shore
up support for the war: "It is concerning that our public isn't as
supportive as perhaps they once were," he said. "We'd like, I believe,
to try to reverse those figures and start the trend back the other
direction." In six subsequent paragraphs, Conway compares Iraq to
Vietnam and the Iraqi insurgents to the Vietcong: "[The VC] realized
what I think our contemporary enemy realizes — that American public
opinion is the center of gravity." ...< (from the WashPo's on-line
SLATE's "Today's Papers" today)

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Jim Devine
"Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let
people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.