Bookworm on Jun 03 2008 | Filed under: John McCain, Vietnam
Read here John McCain’s 1973 account of his plane crash and his 5 1/2 years at the mercy of the North Vietnamese. It may not tell you whether he’ll be a good president, but it certainly tells you something about the man, all of it good.
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Bookworm on Apr 03 2008 | Filed under: Anti-war, Barack Obama, Bush Derangement Syndrome, John McCain, Vietnam
While I worked on an appellate brief last night, Mr. Bookworm watched Frontline’s Bush’s War. I was not surprised to learn that it characterized the Bush administration as not only profoundly stupid, but also deviously Machiavellian, with Bush in charge, except that he’s so stupid that he is actually manipulated by the evil Cheney. [...]
Bookworm on Feb 11 2008 | Filed under: Anti-war, Vietnam
I’m about to show my youth and ignorance here with regard to the Vietnam War (’cause even though I lived through it, I was truly a child then). But first, let me back up a bit. Mr. Bookworm rented Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a [...]
Bookworm on Jan 19 2008 | Filed under: Media matters, Military, Vietnam
The media supported the troops when they felt they could attack the War. Now that the Surge is working, with dramatic downturns in overall violence (setting the stage for political stability), making attacks on the War somehow doesn’t work anymore, so the media has found a tried and true target: the troops themselves. [...]
Bookworm on Jan 10 2008 | Filed under: Communism, John McCain, Vietnam
Although I’d willingly vote for him if he were the Republican candidate, I’ve never liked McCain as a politician. To me, his “iconoclasm” (which is how the Press has always labeled it), hasn’t been the sign of an independent mind but a lack of fixity of purpose. Having said that, though, I’ve always strongly admired [...]
Bookworm on Oct 26 2006 | Filed under: Vietnam
The New York Times has never met a capitalist country it likes, but that doesn’t stop it from occasionally observing the unpalatable truth:
Nearly four decades ago, South Vietnamese leaders mapped out their battle plans inside the presidential palace here. When they lost the war, the palace became the base for the Ho Chi Minh City [...]
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