Anger at Bush's Vietnam claim

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Anger at Bush's Vietnam claim
Bush drew parallels between the aftermath of the Vietnam war and the costs of pulling out of Iraq in a speech to thousands of veterans, many of whom served in Asia. Democrat John Kerry called the speech irresponsible and ignorant, and Senate leader Harry Reid dismissed the comparison and said the decision to invade Iraq was "one of the worst blunders in American history". But Bush said it was in the United States' interests to continue to work to stabilise Iraq, and cited modern democracies in Japan and South Korea as models. He also quoted the emergence of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and violence in Vietnam after US troops pulled out to warn of the consequences of leaving Iraq. It is this part of Bush’s history lesson that is the most disturbing, because the Khmere Rouge only came to power after America had secretly bombed the place flat, trying to hit North Vietnamese troops who were crossing the border. The destruction and massive destabilization of Cambodia by America led to the Khmere Rouge talking over, declaring ‘Year Zero’ and then go on a genocidal murder rampage of a million people in the killing fields, how Bush can be so sheltered to not even know his own history helps explain how this moron got America stuck in the exact same place once again. I once was a big conspiracy believer regarding Sept 11th and the Iraq war because every move by this Administration seemed intent to only force aggression, the truth however seems much more frightening, Bush and his clowns are not Machiavellian geniuses, they are just idiots, they have no idea what they are doing and don’t understand the ramifications of their actions, they are Paris Hilton-esk in their basking of the moment minus any historical context – they are uneducated oil thugs used to the crony capitalism that builds their empires high, they are not soldiers who have sacrificed, they aren’t leaders of people, they are misguided crooks who looked for the quick buck at a moment of national emergency and hoped it would all be sorted out in time for the next election. It is the stupidity and the utter needlessness of Iraq that burns, and for Bush to try and defend this nightmare by invoking the ghosts of a million Cambodians who died because of Americas secret and completely illegal bombing campaign that destroyed their country is now at a point where reason now demands this buffoon step down, he’s like Mr Bean on ebola, stupidly contagious.