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CapitolLink: A Little Nixon In George W. Bush?

Sen. John Kerry on Saturday marked the 35th anniversary of his congressional testimony about the Vietnam War by urging readers of The Huffington Post to follow his example and challenge the Bush administration's actions in the war in Iraq.

Here's an excerpt from the Massachusetts Democrat's blog entry:

I felt compelled to speak out about what was happening in Vietnam, where the children of America were pulled from front porches and living rooms and plunged almost overnight into a world of sniper fire, ambushes, rockets, booby traps, body bags, explosions, sleeplessness, and the confusion created by an enemy who was sometimes invisible and firing at us, and sometimes right next to us and smiling. It was clear that thousands of Americans were losing their lives in Vietnam while politicians in Washington schemed to save their political reputations.

Thirty-five years later, in another war gone off course, I see history repeating itself. It is both a right and an obligation for Americans today to disagree with a president who is wrong, a policy that is wrong, and a course in Iraq that weakens the nation. Again, we must refuse to sit quietly and watch our troops sacrificed for a policy that isn't working while Americans who dissent and ask tough questions are branded unpatriotic.

Kerry's entry sounds like the kind that could spark a rise out of conservative bloggers. But Kerry also made an appearance on ABC's "This Week that is giving bloggers like Ed Morrissey of Captain's Quarters plenty to say about Kerry.

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