I have come to a conclusion about John Kerry and his obsession with Vietnam. John Kerry wants to turn Iraq into another Vietnam, because he has no identity outside of the Vietnam era. Everything he is and will ever be is based on his identity as a Vietnam "war hero" and an anti-war advocate afterwards. No wonder he never talks about his liberal Senate record, it is irrelevant to him compared to the four months he served "in country" and his "principled" opposition to the war afterwards. Kerry will always be fighting in and against the Vietnam war, the ultimate postmodern anti-hero: a decorated war veteran and a leftist war opposer mixed into one. He is like an Oliver Stone movie.
Paul Marshall has an interesting article in NationalReview.com on the modern conditions in Vietnam; the suppression of religious liberty and the medieval way in which they live. We fought Vietnam to prevent this from happening and by swaying cowardly politicians and self-indulgent baby boomers, Kerry and those of his ilk helped consign the people of Vietnam to three (and counting) decades of communist tyranny. The contrast is even more pronounced when you look at the two Koreas. We spilled lots of our blood to keep the South free, and now they boast a vibrant economy. The North languishes in poverty and mismanagement. The people of Vietnam have John Kerry to thank in large part for the misery they live in today.
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