. . . And Bush Won't Ask For Directions

After years of Bush stating that Iraq and Vietnam had nothing in common, Bush is now saying we should have stayed in Vietnam even longer than we did. The first American died there in 1957, the last one in April of 1975 – that’s an 18-year war.

I am no expert on wars or insurgencies, but with my personal experience (101st Airborne, Vietnam 1967-68) and travel and meetings in over 50 countries (including Kosovo in 1999), I probably have instinctive knowledge and understanding ten times what Bush Jr. and Karl Rove have on Iraq.

Bush Jr. did his war time service in Alabama getting paid about $2,000 a month “working” for a losing Republican candidate for U.S. Senate.  His landlady at the time said Bush Jr.’s room every day looked like a frat house on a Saturday morning.

Rove, of course, believed he was not fit or capable to serve in the military (he was right), so he somehow avoided military service during the Vietnam War.  Cheney used seven draft deferments (including getting Mrs. Cheney pregnant) to avoid being called up, and Rumsfeld was in the Navy right after the Korean War. 

The rest of Bush Jr.’s “Let’s Invade Iraq” team never had a drill instructor in their face.