Sep 04 2008
Another C- President and Some History
Wouldn’t be nice to have someone in the White House who didn’t almost fail out of college? Yes, John McCain is a war hero…well, my history professor told us that technically we can’t call the Vietnam Conflict a war…so, I guess, technically John McCain is a Conflict hero, but I would have appreciated a candidate who questioned the conflict before going. Or, since coming back after being a prisoner of war, openly questioning the Conflict.
I’d like a president who, even as an adolescent, sought knowledge, whether that be history, law, or both.
I mean, the French were Imperialists (like Britain and the USA) and when the Vietnamese fought and massacred the French to get rule of their country back, the US entered the country under the pretense to prevent a fall to Communism.
Kennedy encouraged a coup, saying that it would be best, politically and socially if the Vietnamese people to get rid of their own puppet, French Indonesian, aristocratic Catholic leader, Diem.
And Kennedy was assassinated a few weeks after Diem’s assassination.
And Ho Chi Minh was telling his supporters, “Do not engage in military operations; that will lead to defeat. Do not take land from a peasant. Emphasize nationalism rather than communism. Do not antagonize anyone if you can avoid it. Be selective in your violence. If an assassination is necessary, use a knife, not a rifle or grenade. It is too easy to kill innocent bystanders with guns and bombs, and accidental killing of the innocent bystanders will alienate peasants from the revolution. Once an assassination has taken place, make sure peasants know why the killing occurred.”
I just want someone elected who knows more than I do and isn’t afraid to demonstrate that.
