Recently, someone asked me, "You wrote so much defending Clinton, Why haven't you said hardly anything about this Boob we have in office now". First off, picking at President Bush would be like picking on the neighborhood Downs Syndrome kid. The man is a tool. He has never finished anything that He has started. Whenever, He started anything, He was bailed out by someone else, instead of finishing it Himself. He got into the National Guard as a favor and ran away when it seemed that He would have to actually do something. It is very similar to the Reverend Pat Robertson getting off the boat in Japan; instead of fighting in Korea. Are you aware of the fact that President Bush is the only man to own a major league baseball team and lose money. Those are just two of his exhibited character flaws. But I am not writing this to pick at the neighborhood retard.

What this is all about is something I heard again today. It was commentary by an Iraqi war vet saying that what was important to him and other fighting men in Iraq; was the man to his left and the man to his right. I have heard this type of thing before. I have seen interviews with young men where they want nothing more than to get healed up and get back to their comrades in Iraq. I see parallels with this and those I served with in Viet Nam. There were a number of men who would serve their year and volunteer for another tour or two or even three. I ran across a Sgt. who had been in country for two (2) years and was ready to do another. It wasn't because he thought the cause was just; Or that there was any real hope of winning. It was because he wanted to help and hopefully save his buddies.

There are other skewed and similar comparisons between now and then. They are filtered through the language and euphemisms of our times. As example, would someone PLEASE tell me the difference between fighting guerillas and fighting insurgents. When you get done parsing those words. Tell me the difference between Booby Traps and IEDs. Please tell me how the occupation of Viet Nam is different from the occupation of Iraq. We were in Viet Nam fighting for Democracy against Communism. Now, We are in Iraq fighting for Democracy: A beacon to show on the world. There are all sorts of consistencies between that war and this war. I was just curious if anyone else could see them.