A June 30 editorial said President Bush's "bigger task is to convince the Iraqi people to fight for his vision of their future."
Years ago, we couldn't figure out why the South Vietnamese couldn't be trained to defend their own country. The North Vietnamese had no difficulty defending their country. Same people. One group fought to the death, one did not.
Now in Iraq the government-sponsored armies and police forces are unable to defend their country. They are ineffective.
Meanwhile, the insurgents are very effective, tenacious fighters. Same people, one group fights to the death, one group does not.
Why? We asked the South Vietnamese to die for our goals, our vision of what their country should be like. It didn't work.
Today we are asking the Iraqi army and police forces to fight and die for President Bush's vision, his goals, his agenda. It isn't working. It never has, and it never will.
-Barbara Paulding, Russell.
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