[personal profile] petardier
Is there anyone left who thinks it's not appropriate to compare Iraq and Vietnam?

There's a lot of bad news out there. We need to face the news and remember that this is George Bush's war. The planning for the occupation has been a disaster; do we think that president "I can't think of any mistakes I've made" Bush will do any better if re-elected?

Here's a British newspaper saying that this is worse than Vietnam. It cites US officers criticizing the lack of proper planning. Of course, if proper planning had been allowed, the administration might have been forced to face the fact that the war was a bad idea.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1305360,00.html

Casualty figures appear to have been understated. Certain kind of accidents or injuries apparently don't count. Still, these 17,000 people had to be evacuated from Iraq or Afghanistan.

http://about.upi.com/exclusive/UPI-20040915-021124-6165R

The Green Zone is no longer secure, according the the US military. I think this is where most of the reporters and civilians assisting our troops and attempting to rebuild Iraq are based.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e0214956-074f-11d9-9672-00000e2511c8.html

Will the reporters be departing, leaving us with even less news about what's happening there? Will our efforts to rebuild infrastructure be hampered?

There's actually more bad news, but I'll save that for another post.
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