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HOZ · 03-04-2007, 03:07 AM

Columnist William Shawcrosson on Iraq

Be careful for what you wish for.

But horror had engulfed all of Indo-China as a result of the US defeat in 1975. In Vietnam and Laos there was no vast mass murder but the communists created cruel gulags and, from Vietnam in particular, millions of people fled, mostly by boat and mostly to the US. Given the catastrophe of the communist victories, I have always thought that those like myself who were opposed to the American efforts in Indochina should be very humble.

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That long view seems to me to be the one that has to be applied to Iraq.

03-04-2007, 03:07 AM	#1
HOZ Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	Remember: for Cambodia, read Iraq Columnist William Shawcrosson on Iraq Be careful for what you wish for. But horror had engulfed all of Indo-China as a result of the US defeat in 1975. In Vietnam and Laos there was no vast mass murder but the communists created cruel gulags and, from Vietnam in particular, millions of people fled, mostly by boat and mostly to the US. Given the catastrophe of the communist victories, I have always thought that those like myself who were opposed to the American efforts in Indochina should be very humble. ***** That long view seems to me to be the one that has to be applied to Iraq.