Remember: Iraq Is Nothing Like Vietnam
It is sheer coincidence that after listening to the Shrubbery speak at Annapolis, Bobby at Bark Bark Woof Woof posts The Shadows of the Past and R. Neal at Facing South posts The “Vietnamization” phase which are both based on Nixon’s speech on November 3, 1969 outlining his plan for “victory” in Southeast Asia.
The short version of Nixon’s speech: “as the South Vietnamese stand up, American troops will stand down”.
This was Nixon’s “secret plan” to end the war. About 10,000 names were added to The Wall between this speech and the final pull out.
December 2, 2005 Comments Off on Remember: Iraq Is Nothing Like Vietnam
Too Much of a Bad Thing
The 2005 Hurricane Season is officially the worst on record.
There were 3 Tropical Depressions, 12 Tropical Storms, and 14 Hurricanes. A total of 26 named storms is a record, 14 hurricanes is a record, 3 category 5 hurricanes [Katrina, Rita, Wilma] is a record, and hurricane Wilma established the new record for the lowest barometric pressure recorded in the Atlantic Basin at 882 millibars.
Hurricane Epsilon is still spinning out in the Atlantic, but it doesn’t seem to be threatening land.
It is to be hoped that all of these records are unmatched for a very long time.
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DAMN
10 Marines killed near Falluja
A roadside bomb Thursday killed 10 Marines and wounded 11 others while they were on nighttime “foot patrol near Falluja,” the Marine Corps said Friday.
The bomb was “fashioned from several large artillery shells,” the Marine Corps said.
The attack is one of the deadliest in recent months. In August a homemade bomb killed 14 Marines and a civilian interpreter just south of Haditha in western Iraq.
The Marines attacked Friday were from Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).
My condolences to their families and the Corps.
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Friday Cat Blogging
™ [Kevin Drum]
Kung Fu Sox
Feel my power, grasshopper!
[Editor: Sox deflects another attack from Ringo without breaking a sweat and without extending claws.]
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