Obama:Future Commander-in-Chief Gives Advance Notice To Enemy He Will Retreat

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Steve, ref "the domino theory", the fact that no dominoes fell doesn't necessarily mean the theory was invalid - just ask the dominoes whether the extra years we gave them mattered to them, and whether the Viet communist imperial threat of the 1960's was stronger or weaker than it had become in 1975? Invocation of the 1960's domino theory in regards to the Iraq war is as revisionist and polemical as describing Tet 1968 a VC victory or the Phoenix program as an assassination project. There are many legitimate pro and con arguments around the GWOT and Iraq, but invoking Vietnam war comparisons is merely an historical sleight of hand, not a useful metaphor.