January 27, 2005: Kennedy Calls for Troop Withdrawal in Iraq (AP)

  • Kennedy, who has called Iraq “George Bush ‘s Vietnam,” drew parallels between that failed conflict and the current deadly battle against guerrilla insurgents. He said the United States must learn from the mistakes of Vietnam — which he termed a misguided war that carried on too long and was not honestly portrayed by officials to the American people.

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