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The official U.S. report claimed that the battle was an important victory for the anti-Communist forces, but two American journalists on the scene reported that the battle was a rout against the ARVN and postulated that U.S. involvement in Vietnam might quickly become a quagmire.
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When civil war broke out in Bosnia, George Bush took one look, heard the word "quagmire" whispered somewhere softly in the wings, and ran for cover.
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www.chromehorse.net/rants/rants1999/quagmire.htm
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You can read the bulk of their report here. In this show, they went to Vietnam and interviewed the Vietnamese in the village where John Kerry got his Silver Star. ... Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Ted Koppel's Vietnam Quagmire:
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wizbangblog.com/content/2004/10/15/ted-koppels-vie.php
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Another book on the Vietnam War? Yes, and one well worth our attention. ... Langguth is not a professional historian who approaches the Vietnam War merely through archives and secondary sources; he is a seasoned journalist who was on the ground in Vietnam for the New York Times when US combat troops began fighting in...
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Opponents of American involvement in the Vietnam War said that ... What policy did Lyndon Johnson follow with regard to American involvement in Vietnam? ... Which of the following statements most accurately describes conditions in the American army in Vietnam by 1969?
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ichard Cohen, newly minted defeatist, is now trying to earn his bona fides within that circle by pointing out that he thinks Iraq is (gasp) like Vietnam.; His first foray involves the Bush speech. It was, per Cohen, positively Johnsonian.
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In the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong, with significant support among the peoples of South Vietnam, were able to prolong the war long enough to exhaust the American public at home and prompt an eventual U.S. withdrawal. ... Iraq quagmire Vietnam...
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Free Online Library: Another Vietnam Quagmire. by "The International Economy"; Banking, finance and accounting Economic policy International economic relations Analysis United States foreign relations Vietnamese foreign relations ... By visiting Vietnam, ... No desert quagmire. (fallout from George Bush's post-Iraq war policy of...
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Such feelings are reviving another awful phrase of the Vietnam era: "quagmire." Referring to that phrase, CNN's pollster William Schneider was quoted as saying, "The fact remains, though, that when President Bush tells the American people that the war will last 'as long as it takes', the polls show people are...
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