JaBbA's Hut

Never has so much military and economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively, and if after all of this time, and all of this sacrifice, and all of this support, there is still no end in sight, then I say the time has come for the American people to turn to new leadership not tied to the mistakes and policies of the past.

The speaker? Richard M. Nixon, 1968, attacking the Vietnam policies of the Johnson administration.

Nixon just made Vietnam worse, but the framing was perfect. It was the perfect argument to defeat the "Stay The Course" arguement - and still is.

So I say to the Democrats: Never has so much military and economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively, and if after all of this time, and all of this sacrifice, and all of this support, there is still no end in sight, then I say the time has come for the American people to turn to new leadership not tied to the mistakes and policies of the past.