Supporters of the war in Iraq

[PornoDoggy]

I don't know what good that would have done.

LBJ just happened to be the guy in office when Vietnam came about, and he got there by following the logical path laid out by his predecessors going back to Ike.

In 68 there was a government in place for LBJ to negotiate with. In 04 there was no such thing for GW. There was nothing that GW could have done in the summer of 04 to overcome the mistakes he'd already made.

What developed in South Vietnam was a situation of perpetual combat. I don't believe that was ever the intent of anyone on the U.S. side.

What appears to have happened in Iraq is a state of perpetual combat. The difference is that it appears to be deliberate - described as "taking the war to the terrorists." The fact that there weren't any terrorists there until we allowed them in is evidence of either the most incompetent and insane policy since the anti-Roosevelt forces equated rearming with war, or the most cynical exercise in foreign policy since we delivered bioweapons in the form of blankets to the indigenous people of North America.

[Robin]

If Iraq is like Northern Ireland then the US will be policing the area for maybe 30 years. Convenient that considering what lies under the ground there...

[Timon]

Originally Posted by Robin

If Iraq is like Northern Ireland then the US will be policing the area for maybe 30 years. Convenient that considering what lies under the ground there...

Or what country neighbors it...