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Cronkite and Vietnam: Beyond the Hype

Norman Solomon | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

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Norman Solomon

Despite the posthumous praise for Cronkite's February 1968 telecast that dubbed the war "a stalemate," the facts show that the broadcast came only after Cronkite's protracted support for the war.

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Will Afghanistan be Obama's Tragic Folly?

Norman Solomon | Posted 01.08.2009 | World

Read More: Washington Journal, Barbara Lee, C-Span, USA Today, Pentagon, Vietnam, Wayne Morse, War Made Easy, Taliban, New York Times, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Obama Afghanistan, World News
Norman Solomon

Reminiscent of 1965, the tenet that we must send additional troops to Afghanistan is axiomatic in U.S. news media, on Capitol Hill and -- as far as can be discerned -- at the top of the incoming administration.

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