Learning Lesson of Vietnam All Over Again
by Joseph L. Galloway, Knight Ridder

At least Rumsfeld now knows how deep a swamp Iraq has become and recently acknowledged that this struggle, and the American military combat role, could drag on for many years.

That's more than can be said of his bosses, President Bush and Vice President Cheney, whose recent remarks on Iraq and the war range from the president's continued mantra "stay the course" to the veep's absurd characterization of the daily din of terrorist bombings as the last gasps of a defeated enemy.


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