Many are now comparing Iraq to Vietnam

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On a posting on August 5th, titled, "Fallen Soldiers deserve our respect and our attention", I wrote, "What has been creeping into my awareness from the events of the past week, where we have lost about 30 brave soldiers in Iraq, is that, for the first time since we started this war in Iraq, we aren't expecting to win this war. I felt this way during the Vietnam war and now this has crept back into my awareness. We aren't doing right in Iraq even though many Generals state we need more troops there to help "secure the peace". If you give this some thought I believe you will come to the same conclusion. We don't have a plan to win this thing. We are trying to hold on until the Iraqis have sufficient forces trained to start to leave."

It seems that Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) spoke on Sunday talk shows to basically claim the same thing. More voices need to speak out about this war besides the bloggers but we bloggers have done our part and will continue the pressure. See chargingrino today's posting titled "Brownstein: Support, Not Silence" and also anewmanifesto posting titled, "Good Morning Vietnam...oops I mean Iraq".

In the 60's people took to the streets in protest. Thanks to Cindy Sheehan, others are taking to the streets and ranches of Crawford, Texas. Let's hope some cities, other than San Francisco, which is dismissed as too liberal, start the process of speaking out on the lack of a plan to win the peace in Iraq. It is going to be both ironic and sad to watch Iraq become a theocracy and becomes more like Iran. You can thank President Bush and the zealots that brought us Vietnam 2.