Net neutrality could end up as big a...

Net neutrality could end up as big a distraction for FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler as Vietnam was for President Lyndon Johnson, American Enterprise Institute Visiting Fellow Richard Bennett warned in a blog post (http://bit.ly/1e0iJUh). Wheeler has written books about history and should be aware of the parallel, he said. Johnson inherited the war much like Wheeler inherited net neutrality, Bennett said. “He ramped up the troop levels, hit North Vietnam with all the weapons he had, and spiraled ever deeper into a quagmire,” Bennett said. “The Vietnam War is a good example of slipping small step by small step into a conflict from which there is no good outcome instead of decisively stepping away. The net neutrality controversy is taking on the same tone.”