Bush May Get Cool Reception in Vietnam (ROFL love the first sentence

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-APEC-Bush.html

November 13, 2006
Bush May Get Cool Reception in Vietnam
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 4:27 a.m. ET

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- When Bill Clinton came to Vietnam six years ago, he drew huge, jubilant crowds at every stop on the first visit by an American president since the end of the war in 1975.

President Bush's reception at the Nov. 18-19 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hanoi is likely to be considerably cooler.

Clinton was seen as a symbol of reconciliation between the two former foes, and everyone wanted a small piece of the historic occasion.

Bush's invasion of Iraq, which some critics have dubbed America's second Vietnam, has many Vietnamese, their own memories of war still vivid, recoiling at the idea of another country taking on the superpower.

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A member of a hard line Islamic group wearing a mask of U.S. President George Bush holds a sign reading Bush the terrorist has a cruel face during a protest against the upcoming visit by Bush Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006 in Bogor, outskirt of Jakarta, Indonesia. Hundreds of Indonesian Muslims demonstrated Saturday against an upcoming visit by U.S. President George W. Bush, accusing him of terrorism and war crimes. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyiah)

there's a first time for everything;)

Well, not a personal one anyway.

But I think in this case never would have been the best choice.

There's lots of people who avoided service in Vietnam, and I don't blame any of them who didn't later send other young men and women into another Vietnam and dress up like a warrior for a highly publicised landing on an aircraft carrier.