"And from there, we easily reach Step 3: We are stuck in a quagmire in Iraq, just as in Vietnam! Millions of civilians are paying the price for U.S. over-reaching--just as in Vietnam! Our credibility is suffering--just as in Vietnam! The American public has lost faith in the war--just as in Vietnam! Bin Laden is happy to see us brought low--just as in Vietnam! If we leave, more bad things may happen, and Bin Laden will also be happy--just as in Vietnam!
"Step 4. Therefore, as the president explained Wednesday, we must stay in Iraq forever, until every last terrorist or every last Iraqi civilian is dead, whichever comes first. "
In the Los Angeles Times, Rosa Brooks takes George W. Bush's portrayal of the Vietnam War to its logical conclusion.
In Salon, Gary Kamiya describes how Bush subscribes to the "stab in the back" theory of the end of the war.
And Ian Buruma in the Los Angeles Times challenges Bush's portrayal of east Asia's Cold War history.
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