Lying Liars and the Liars Who Tell Lies to Other Lying Liars. Freakin' Fabricators.

Salon has an article today discussing just precisely how Iraq and Vietnam are so terribly similar that the author, Jessica Kowal, has titled the piece "Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President."

Helicopters are blown out of the sky by unseen enemies. Car bombs are detonated by guerrillas who seem to melt into the night. Casualties among U.S. troops and their allies are mounting by the day, and so are worry and mistrust among American voters. In Washington, top officials in the administration of George W. Bush insist there's no comparison between Iraq and Vietnam -- yet to judge by their actions, they have recently come to the nightmare realization that the parallels are real.

And with that, she launches into an attempt to prove that Iraq is like Vietnam--a fight that the United States can't win, that will sap our economic and political energy, and that will end in embarrassment.

Her conclusion says that we will likely have "to wait, probably for many more years and many more deaths, to answer" whether this was a good way to expend our national energy. She says it, but her overall tone throughout the article more than suggests that she's already made her mind up on the subject.

It's an impressive article in its ability to distort statements and concepts, but it's an important article in its statement of the left's position. Those of us who have supported the war effort would do well to read this article and prepare for more of the same; and we would do well to answer its arguments with honesty and a low tolerance for the distortions on display.

Read the article (the usual Salon caveats are observed).

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