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Neoconservatives and the Pentagon have good reason to fear the return of the Vietnam Syndrome. The label intentionally suggests a disease, a weakening of the martial will, but the syndrome was actually a healthy American reaction to false White House promises of victory, the propping up of corrupt regimes, crony contracting and cover-ups of civilian casualties during the Vietnam War that are echoed today in the news from Baghdad.

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Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable?

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Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi.

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Our crime was that we were beginning to live a new and contagious life-style without official authorization.

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We ourselves are imbued with urgency, yet the message of our society is' that there is no viable alternative to the present.

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Tom Hayden

Tom Hayden

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Born: December 11, 1939

Died: October 23, 2016 (aged 76)

Bio: Thomas Emmet "Tom" Hayden was an American social and political activist, author and politician, who was director of the Peace and Justice Resource Center in Los Angeles County, California.

Known for:

Listen, Yankee!: Why Cuba Matters (2015)
Writings for a Democratic Society (2008)
The Zapatista Reader (2002)
Irish on the inside (2001)
The lost gospel of the earth (1996)

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