Down With Tyranny! logo Down With Tyranny! 1 month ago

Afghanistan Was Russia's Vietnam And Now It Will Be Obama's

Thursday I reached for Rick Perlstein's wondrous Nixonland to help make a point about how similar the tragically hubristic war in Afghanistan is to the tragically hubristic war in Vietnam. Full Article at Down With Tyranny!

Related Topics:

  1. Barack Obama
  2. Stanley A. McChrystal
  3. William Westmoreland

Related Articles

  1. From the Sunday papers
    1 month ago

    Tyler’s thesis is that, other than unwavering support for Israel and a determination to secure the flow of oil from the Gulf, America has lacked any guiding doctrine in its relationships with the Middle East. Full Article at The Arabist

Related Quotes

  1. Inadequate resources ... will likely result in failure.
    Stanley A. McChrystal – Stanley A. McChrystal SOURCE: Down With Tyranny! 1 month ago
(What's this?)
  1. Are you a Publisher?

    We built Daylife.com using our SmartMedia Services platform, which can give you thousands of content-rich, advertiser-friendly pages (like this one) on any topic and with full editorial control. Learn More »

    Our Customers
    prev
    next
  2. Our Products
    Daylife Select

    A point & click tool to create dynamic content portals. Learn More »

  3. Daylife API

    Unlimited smart, customizable content to suit any publisher. Learn More »

  4. Enterprise API

    Use the Daylife Platform to distribute content across your sites. Learn More »

  5. SmartContext

    Weave the web's best content into your own. Learn More »

Browse More Photos

Daylife is the web's largest archive of news photos

  1. United States Marines from the 2nd MEB, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion gather during a patrol where a gun battle with insurgents occurred earlier, near Shabu in the volatile province of Helmand, southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009.
  2. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 04: Lifestyle Expert Kelley Moore (CL) and Microsoft Director of Business Strategy Michael Allen (CR) talk with Ahja Nock (R), who is staying at the Fisher House while her boyfriend recovers from injuries sustained in Afghanistan, at Microsoft's 'A Salute to Our Troops' at...
  3. LASHKAR GAH, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 4: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLISHING UNITL 1800 HOURS FRIDAY DECEMBER 4) Conservative Party leader David Cameron and Shadow Defence Minister Liam Fox (L) smile after meeting British soldiers at the Task Force Helmand HQ on December 4, 2009 in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan.
  4. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 04: U.S. National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones answers questions at the Washington Foreign Press Center December 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. Jones addressed foreign journalists on the topic of 'The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan,' and answered questions.
  5. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Activists dressed as (from L to R) leaders Abdoyale Wade of Senegal, Barack Obama of the USA, Angela Merkel of Germany and Hu Jintao of China pretend to debate in a giant aquarium filling with water on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  6. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. , speaks during news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, listens.
  7. SCHNECKSVILLE, PA - DECEMBER 4: An Audience member asks a question at U.S. President Barack Obama's Main Street Tour stop on December 4, 2009 in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.
  8. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 04: 1Sky, the Chesapeake Action Network and other groups rally in front of the White House, calling on the Obama administration to increase its efforts to curb climate change at Copenhagen and domestically December 4, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Cast of Characters

  1. Barack Obama Barack Obama
  2. Stanley A. McChrystal Stanley A. McChrystal
  3. William Westmoreland
  4. Christopher Meyer Christopher Meyer
  5. Reader's Digest
  6. Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson