President compares Vietnam, Iraq wars Innocents would perish if US pulled out, he says

The Boston Globe | August 23, 2007| | Copyright

WASHINGTON - After years of rejecting the comparison, President Bush surprised observers yesterday by invoking the "painful and complex" legacy of Vietnam as an example of why the US military must continue fighting in Iraq, declaring that America must not "abandon" Iraqis who are struggling to build a free society.

Speaking before the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Kansas City, Mo., Bush pointed to the deaths of "tens of thousands" of allies, intellectuals, and businessmen in Vietnam who were executed or sent to prison camps after US forces left the country. He also suggested that the ...

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