Lev Lafayette's journal

I added you as a friend after reading your posts to angel80. What is lost on some American newsfolk and apparently most of the foreign press, is the understanding that George W. Bush and the American right wing have of the "lessons of Vietnam." According to their interpretation, we were winning the Vietnam War when Tet occurred and would have kept winning if the press had not been duped and convinced the American people to turn against our military. So what the interview really shows is not that the president is admitting defeat but that he is entirely out of touch both with current events and with history. While I think he is in fact fairly intelligent, he has very strong, simple ideas formed by staying within a very small circle of extreme right wing thought.