From: John Cuccia 

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:51:10 -0500, Monte Davis
 wrote:

>For all the salient differences between Vietnam and Iraq, that's where
>we are now: seeking not a good outcome, but one that doesn't embarrass
>us more than we can stand.

All we need to do is declare victory and leave.  What were our goals? To
overthrow Saddam and to establish a democratic government.  Voila! The fact
that the Shi'ite-dominated government will be allied with Iran and is not
to our liking is irrelevant. It is what the majority of Iraqis wanted.

>I can't take the Kabuki very seriously:
>whether we leave Baghdad tomorrow or in 2013, we will be told for a
>generation afterward that things were getting better all the time,
>that it was winnable if only we hadn't cut and run, that public
>opinion was misled by the Democrats and the media, yada yada yada. You
>may be looking in vain for the Abizaid or Bush/Cheney or Weekly
>Standard plan for victory now -- but trust me, once the Iraq adventure
>is over, you'll be assured that it was there all along, if only you'd
>been patient enough.

You know it.  Further, one day we'll hear the militarists beating the drums
for a new war, one that will, this time for real, wipe the stains of
defeat, left by our withdrawals from Vietnam and Iraq, from our national
psyche.

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