such an outcome
It must begin with dispelling the myth that the Nixon administration settled in 1972 for terms that had been available in 1969 and therefore prolonged the war needlessly. Whether the agreement, officially signed in January 1973, could have preserved an independent South Vietnam and avoided the carnage following the fall of Indochina will never be known. We do know that American disunity prevented such an outcome when Congress prohibited the use of military force to maintain the agreement and cut off aid after all U.S. military forces (except a few hundred advisors) had left South Vietnam. American dissociation triggered a massive North Vietnamese invasion, in blatant violation of existing agreements, to which the nations that had endorsed these agreements turned their backs.
State leaders did reach a compromise. Politicians are good about those things (sometimes). The Lexington Barbecue Festival will be the “official” Food Festival of North Carolina. See -no mention of barbecue there. But, you head over to the October festival, and I can tell you what you’ll be eating. Yep. Barbecue - Lexington style (vinegar). Yum!
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Sunday, January 28, 2007
And while I was grilling . . .
While I was busy thinking about outdoor cooking, my mom was hard at work making Raggedy Andy and Ann for a family friend.
Mom has made rag dolls as far back as I can remember. My set is in lavendar.
nd now the US is importing a slave culture, or a “serf” culture (if that is more acceptable to your sensitivities). The Mexicans, the Latinos, have become the lowest class in America… and we are actually importing them by allowing them to cross illegally into our territory. By doing this we are once again demonstrating our national government’s approval of slavery. (Call it Serfdom if it makes you feel better.)
“But, Longstreet”, you say, “you are being too harsh calling the importation of illegal labor “slavery”!”
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Oh, am I? Gee. The truth hurts, doesn’t it? Hey, I’m a conservative and conservatism deals in reality, not Nirvana.
We are importing a ready-made underclass, which will become wards of the government as soon as they cross into US territory. Being a ward of the government means two things: You and I will have to support them and take care of their needs, and it also means… the liberal government will guarantee the wards pay them back for all this national largesse by keeping them in office with their votes!
I made one Raggedy Ann, but it took FOREVER. I don’t have that much patience. So, I stick with grilling and smoking. It does take time to make great food, but it’s not as tedious as trying to get poly-fill in the arms of little doll babies.
I’m constantly amazed at Democrats who routinely accuse the President of “not learning from past mistakes” on any number of issues, but in particular, regarding wars, while they in turn work tirelessly to repeat those same mistakes in order to …. appease their defeatist moonbat base (that they ended up backing down on the war supplemental doesn’t negate that point) and even more bizarrely, they claim that it’s done in the name of “supporting the troops.”
Kissinger makes a lot of sense, so make sure to read the whole thing.
More: Read related thoughts via neo-neocon.
Update: Speaking of Iraq, did you hear that residents in Baghdad are standing up to Al Qaeda? John Hinderaker has the details, plus more, on the latest goings on in Iraq.