Should We Leave Iraq Now?

[Rudey]

George Bush said that if he lost me, he lost Middle America too. What a coincidence.

-Rudey

Originally posted by DeltAlum
In 1967, CBS Anchorman Walter Cronkite, voted the most trusted man in America, decided that the U.S. should get out of Viet Nam for a number of reasons -- one of which was that we were there for the wrong reason(s). Obviously there were others.

Cronkite was no stranger to war, having been a (newspaper) combat correspondent during World War II with the likes of Eric Sevaride and many of the other journalistic "giants" of later years. He was recruited into the fledgling CBS Radio organization by the legendary Edward R. Morrow.

Lyndon Johnson said, "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America."

Cronkite's comments are often considered to be one of the major factors in support for that conflicts flagging, and, in the end, our final withdrawl.

For whatever it's worth, Cronkite told a group of reporters last week that we should get out of Iraq now.