Echoes Of Vietnam Grow Louder

Newsweek, Fineman --

Old arguments are rising again, old political battle lines are being drawn. Democrats and Republicans seem destined to repeat the accusations, tactics—and mistakes—of the early 1970s. It’s always dangerous, and often wrong, to see one-for-one analogies to the past. But the patterns are too eerily familiar to ignore. I think we’ve seen this movie before.

Here’s a look at some of the parallels, actual and potential:

SPINNING THE SITUATION ‘IN COUNTRY’
NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS
BODY COUNTS
VOTER PATIENCE—OR LACK OF IT
DEMOCRATIC QUANDARY
‘COUNTERINSURGENCY’ IS ALL
‘CUT AND RUN’

We thought we had escaped Vietnam in 1975. It turns out we’ve never really left.