I know that right wingers get pretty pissed off when you compare Iraq to Vietnam
but lately i've been feeling some Vietnam de ja vus
you see i was born in the mid 60's so my first real understanding of Vietnam didn't happen until the 70's, until Vietnam was at that stage where it was just dragging on and on and often folks were just like
shit, isn't this over yet
are we really still there
thats the feeling ive been getting about Iraq
and no, not nearly the time frame of Vietnam
but that feeling of
are we really still getting our asses blown off over there?
I just read about the un-armed new Iraq recruits coming back with their first pay
from training
to be shot in the head, face down in the dirt
helpless and innocent
american soldiers are still getting killed
it doesn't feel like peace is coming any time soon
billions and billions of dollars gone
does Iraq love us for liberating us?
honey
do you feel loved?
I think we woulda been a hell of a lot better off
finding some other way
but now that we are there
we have to finish what we started
we cant just walk off and leave a big mess to turn into another Taliban
oasis
or some such thing
but what a high price
so many lives
so many billions that could have saved so many lives
my pal Gus wrote in his very excellant comic strip
when one of his characters compared Iraq to Vietnam
"There's a big difference...Bush Avoided Vietnam"
thanks for the humor in the face of all this crap Gus
as for me
I think I've gotta say again
given the choice of the president who never really saw action
but has no qualms sending us in ill prepared to war
and the one who is a war hero but brave enough to speak out against the same war he served in
i'd go for the brave war hero
not the
impatient coward
what say you?
