My history book says Canada did send peace keeping troops to Vietnam in 1973. Is it wrong?
And given Canada's strong support for US presence in Vietnam, and the fact that she was speaking from memory and without notes on the subject, even if she did mean combat troops, is that really evidence of 'sloppy research?' It isn't as if she researched it at all. If you want to hang her for that kind of error, you'll have to put a very large dunce cap on both our President and Vice President.
And Coulter's accuser there would also be wrong that Canada never sent troops at all. No combat troops yes. But he didn't specify. Sloppy research on his part?
Or innocent error on both their parts?
canada was a non participant in the vietnam war. they did send troops as neutral monitors after the ceasefire. coulter's statement that canada was *with us* in vietnam clearly implied that she thought they were fighting alongside the u.s. in a combat role. certainly, you can choose to excuse this as an innocent error, but one wonders why you feel the need to perform such contortions. she was wrong, imo, and the presenter was correct, in the context of the conversation. period.
personally, i find ms coulter's style repulsive, dishonest and hateful, but she certainly sells a lot of books and speeches to the various groups of mouth breathers that think she represents conservative thought. she is nothing more or less than a demagogue, and to pretend she is some kind of philosopher queen is nothing short of ludicrous.
You are certainly entitled to your opinion including your objective observation that it is 'various groups of mouth breathers' that think she represents conservative thought. Thank you for including me in that characterization. Very kind of you.
I personally dislike Ann's style of presentation from time to time.
I don't always agree with her but thoroughly enjoy her columns as the imagery she uses at times is brilliant and often really funny. And it is there that it is darn near impossible to catch her in an error of fact. At times she does wander into the realm of poor taste and I wish she wouldn't do that, but she has sort of built a 'what can I do to stir up the liberals today' image with that. I think if she weren't a smart, strong, beautiful woman she wouldn't catch so much hell for that.
Look past the abrasive exterior to the content of what she is saying and writing, however, and you don't find either dishonesty or hate speech.
Not liking her or her style of presentation or communication is honest. Accusing her of dishonesty or hatefulness because you dislike her is not honest.