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Re: Philip Klein’s
Forgetting
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Some weeks ago, I named and described him as “Obama the Exempt.” That nickname gets more apt every day. Mr. Klein has just expanded it to include exemption from respecting the facts of History.
p>Who’s surprised? Raise your hand. br> — A. C. Santore /p> p> In the Korean War, the party out of power (Republicans then) did exactly what the out-party (Democrats) attempted to do during the Iraq War: use the general unpopularity of war, any war, to get itself into power, never mind what was at stake. The Korean War and the U.S. aim to build South Korea into a free, prosperous nation were a spectacular success, right next door to a miserable hellhole that was the alternative to U.S. (UN) victory. The scripts and rhetoric then are the same as now; only the party spouting them is flipped around. br> — Ty Knoy br> Ann Arbor, Michigan
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