[Charlotte Corday]

In World War II, we put the whole country on an economic footing for war. Although it was Churchill who promised "blood, toil, tears and sweat", much the same thing was done in the US.

In Vietnam, by contrast, LBJ tried to win a war while telling the home front, "life is good, keep up the boom times, it's business as usual".

In this important respect, the war on Islamic fascism is more like Vietnam.

[GmbyMan]

In this important respect, the war on Islamic fascism is more like Vietnam.

In that case, we should do what we didn't have the guts to do in Vietnam. Win the freakin' war and not worry about what the naysayers are saying. I know many of these guys and gals miss the 1960's and the Vietnam War. They miss the protests and every thing that went along with it. By allowing them to "win" the Vietnam war for the Communism, our country suffered a major loss that we are still trying to get over. This war in Iraq is our chance to show them that we can do a war like this the right way!

[LS]

Hmmm. Flawed logic: consider that IF Nixon had not been handicapped by Watergate, he wouldn't have resigned. If he didn't resign, no cut-off of U.S. support of S Vietnam. We win.

Watergate killed the south Vietnamese as surely as did the Dems' betrayal and the Commies' aggression. In wishing to blame Vietnam on LBJ, never forget that Nixon had that war WON, and that his own corruption, and the Dems' hatred of him, snapped defeat out of the jaws of victory.