Bush's Shrinking Safety Zone

[Urbane Guerrilla]

The Domino Theory was validated by the results, even if the results did not go as far as was feared at the time: China, North Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and South Vietnam all fell to communism. That is the validation of the Domino Theory, and only the maddest of cranks dispute it.

Thailand had the societal integrity not to fall to communism, and Burma -- well, didn't need to, by anyone's lights. It deteriorated into its present basket case condition through its own mismanagement.

That the Domino Theory is now going in reverse as these nations recover from communism is a pleasant surprise.

Now we have tw to tell us the sky is everywhere falling. It's certainly not going to stay propped up if the likes of tw are in charge, busily trying to lose us the war. Phooey to the lot of them.

[xoxoxoBruce]

China & North Vietnam were already red states.

[Griff]

tw - Please don't use Dallek as a source. His cheerleading for Democrat imperial Presidencies helped lead to our present difficulties.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

China & North Vietnam were already red states.

These were the first two dominoes: 1949 and 1954. Remember there was some undercurrent of blame-gaming over "who lost China" for many years.

[tw]

From the BBC of 9 Jul 2007:

US Iraq chief warns of long war
The head of US forces in Iraq, Lt Gen David Petraeus, has told the BBC that fighting the insurgency is a "long term endeavour" which could take decades.

In less time, the United States built arm forces almost from scratch, fought wars on almost every continent, and won all those wars. In more time, the Iraqis still don't have an useful Army? It says so much about a leadership (and his supporters even here in the Cellar) who are so much in denial AND who cannot even define a strategic objective.

... Gen Petraeus's efforts, which might have saved the day for the Bush administration if they had been introduced three, or even two, years ago, may well have come too late.

People who actually support the troops have been saying that for how long? "Mission Accomplished"? There was no insurgence until America created one. That even defined by lessons in any first year course in Military Science.

Are we finally seeing light at the end of a tunnel? Depends on whether we threaten Cheney with impeachment or support the troops by implementing what those with minimal knowledge understood as the only viable solution - Iraq Study Group.

Notice how extremists among us avoid any mention of that ISG report and its withdrawal. Same people also fear to touch the other damning questions - "When do we go after bin Laden?"

[tw]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

The Domino Theory was validated by the results, even if the results did not go as far as was feared at the time: China, North Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and South Vietnam all fell to communism.

China and Cambodia are now doing quite well without America imposing wars in their region. Vietnam is the second fastest growing economy is East Asia. Laos is something like the 35th fastest growing economy in the world. Clearly they are doing worse since Americans stopped spending $million a day on war there – according to history as rewritten by Urbane Guerrilla.

Funny how those Domino fell mostly better for their people – which Urbane Guerrilla forgets to learn.

Urban Guerrilla again rewrites history for a political agenda. Since George Jr said it, then Urbane Guerrilla also knows we are winning “Mission Accomplished” – the war that was supposidely won 4 years ago. Did Urbane Guerrilla forget that reality – or rewrite it. Urbane Guerrilla was an enlisted man 1st class for twenty years. Therefore he knows more than everyone about basic military principles and history. Clearly the military genius Urbane Guerrilla must rewrite history so that we will not be deceived by reality.

UG - you make this too easy. Can't you at least show some imagination when you rewrite history?