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Salon.com features an article titled“Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President” by Jessica Kowal, about the parellels and constrasts between the Vietnam War and the War in Iraq (a.k.a. The War On Terror).

Public opinion is also being shaped by growing doubts about the Bush administration’s honesty, much as the Johnson and Nixon administrations were undermined politically by a “credibility gap” in the 1960s and 1970s. The White House has forcefully papered over the worst news — Bush hasn’t attended a single military funeral and barred television cameras from recording the return of flag-covered coffins in the U.S.

the title of the article is taken from an article that appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Max Cleland, titled Mistakes of Vietnam repeared with Iraq.

There is no plan B. There is no exit strategy. Military morale declines. The president’s popularity sinks and the American people are increasingly frustrated by the cost of blood and treasure poured into a never-ending war.

make of it what you will.