For a political wing that claims to be all about the military, the Republicans sure know less than nothing about military history.

The latest attempt by Bush (henceforth referred to as "Monkey Boy" due to his simian countenance) to drum up support for his pet project/spectacular blunder in Iraq is to invoke Vietnam as if it were Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, as if the only thing that kept a McDonald's from winding up in downtown Hanoi twenty-five years earlier was a lack of effort against an enemy that had no problems with dying in large numbers and allies that had no intention of doing their own heavy lifting.  You may not be able to reason with a fanatic, but you can't intimidate someone who thinks death can only be an improvement on their current situation.

Let's face it: Iraq is irreparably broken.  The procedures manual was thrown out the window because it didn't suit the romantic notions of the Republicans, the estimates were all low-balled, and anyone who could've helped us for real had been alienated a long time ago.  Expecting it to become functional because the only thing that's been lacking is more time is as much of a pipe dream as my going to the mailbox every day expecting a check for $5 trillion, a letter granting me tax-exempt status, and another letter stating that all the Victoria's Secret models have agreed to marry me.