``Nixon began a secret bombing campaign in Cambodia, sending B-52 bombers over the border from South Vietnam. This episode, largely buried in history, resurfaced recently in an unexpected place: the Obama administration’s “white paper” justifying targeted killings of Americans suspected of involvement in terrorism.'' (NYT, Obama's Nixonian Precedent)
----------- Missing was the note that bombing Cambodia had very little effect on supplying the North regulars, hence the invasion by ground troops. Nice. It illustrates profound stupidity and the thorough absence of understanding history in the Obama administration. It's okay, cause Nixon did it? Nixon was a war criminal and he lost under the code name, Peace with Honor. What follows is the idea Vietnam was a fight against terrorism to stablize a friendly democratic regime in Saigon. Thus the historical surrealism of Washington continues on its own seamless course. CG _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
