User:Eagleeyepete

== Headline text =Deja Vu: Vietnam Redux In order to understand just what is happening in Iraq and the surrounding area, one must take an in depth look at what the U.S. did in Vietnam from 1965 to 1975. It is being repeated so closely. For example: "We had to destroy Falluja in order to save it." What am I paraphrasing? Where does it come from? Yes, Vietnam. A U.S. colonel told a Life Magazine reporter: "We had to destroy Ben Tre in order to save it." There wasn't a brick left standing. Daisy cutters and other ordinance transformed Ben Tre into a parking lot. Falluja and countless other cities and towns throught Iraq have suffered the same fate. I have seen it and documented. I was in Vietnam throughout most of the war and wrote a 826 documentary of the war as I saw it. Only the names of people have been changed.For years I have tried to find a publisher. This must be made public. People must know what is happening at this moment in Iraq.They must know how hopeless it is to train an Iraqi police force and and Iraqi army. They must see the futility behind Nixon's Vietnamization program. I was there and involved in the Vietnamization program. We all knew that our efforts were hopeless. Only the American public were fooled.