“The left is entering a new phase of ideological agitation no longer trying to win the debate but stopping debate altogether, banishing from public discourse any and all opposition. The proper word for that attitude is totalitarian. It declares certain controversies over and visits serious consequences from social ostracism to vocational defenestration upon those who refuse to be silenced.” TryingCertainWinningLeftSocialAttitudeSeriousConsequenceRefuseDebateOppositionPhasesDiscourseStoppingEnteringControversyIdeologicalAgitationPublic DiscourseOstracismSocial Ostracism Author:Charles Krauthammer
“It has been said that the United States was deceived into entering and expanding the Vietnam War by its own overoptimistic propaganda. The record suggests, however, that the policy-makers stayed in Vietnam not so much because of overly optimistic hopes of winning ... as because of overly pessimistic assessments of the consequences of losing.” Has BeensSaidWarStatesWinningUnitedUnited StatesRecordsPolicyLosingConsequenceOptimisticPropagandaMakersVietnamEnteringExpandingDeceivedVietnam WarPessimisticAssessmentPolicy Makers Book:The real war: the classic reporting on the Vietnam War with a new essay Source: The real war: the classic reporting on the Vietnam War with a new essay