I sure am glad President [Johnson] was re-elected instead of that scary [Goldwater] guy. Now that [Medicare] is in full swing, the [War on Poverty] can’t fail!
I’m worried about the situation in [Vietnam] but you know, someone with this kind of social commitment isn’t going to escalate the situation over there. Maybe with an increase in troop levels we can get the [Vietnamese] government back on its feet and not be there much longer!
Jesus H. Christ, we’re playing MadLibs with 1965.
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Yup. Vietnam was about securing heroin supply. Afghanistan is about restoring opium production.
Just follow the money …
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“We were promised a drug-free America and I want my free drugs nooooow ….”
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History, while not exactly repeating itself, has an annoying habit cycling through well-known forms.
Afghanistan is an empire-eater (ask Russia/USSR and Britain). There is no clear military objective there. Like Korea, Vietnam and Iraq, the US entered to achieve a political objective.
There’s a weird idea in DC that the states auto-organize if you just knock over strongmen (or put strongmen in power).
What’s chilling is that you know this is how the Beltway views the US.
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Jon Stewart covered this, complete with 1980s-style arcade graphics.
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Afghanistan is easy !
http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2009/10/hey-joe-where-you-going-with-that-gun-in-your-hand.html
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Wait. Does Johnson = Bush?
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The Wheel of Politics
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Vegard Magnussen: Don’t Worry About The Government: Everything’s All Right
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