Afghanistan Quote by Arthur L. Herman

It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam.

— Paul Begala

By that time [1966], we did begin to get some protests [against Vietnam War]. But not from liberal intellectuals; they never opposed the war.

— Noam Chomsky

Vietnam was a terrible mistake for the United States. But like Iraq, Vietnam was a badly chosen battlefield in a larger conflict with totalitarianism…

— Jacob Weisberg

Vietnam is the Liberals' favorite was because America lost

— Ann Coulter

Back then when Chomsky and Herman wrote, the left, myself among them, all knew that something terrible was happening in Vietnam, though most now…

— James Donald

The greatest contribution Vietnam is making-right or wrong is beside the point-is that it is developing an ability in the United States to fight…

— Robert McNamara

Fortunately most of the people who were involved in anti-Vietnam activity did not con themselves into being like the violent people they didn't want.

— Nat Hentoff

Most of us who were opposed to the war, especially in the early '60's - the war we were opposed to was the war…

— Noam Chomsky

So if you look at the writings of intellectuals, there are two kinds. One said, l"Look, if we fought harder we could have won.But…

— Noam Chomsky

Take a look at public opinion. About 70 percent of the population, in the polls, said the [Vietnam ] war was fundamentally wrong and…

— Noam Chomsky

In Vietnam, America fought one whose communism was driven by an underlying nationalism, the desire to live free of the West. Whatever one may…

— Shelby Steele

I think the Republicans and conservatives generally were alienated by America's unsuccessful effort in Vietnam, and a lot of them, as Henry Kissinger admitted…

— William J. Clinton