If You Really Loved Me You'd Let Me Eat Your Brain

DNC Chair Howard Dean says America can't win the war in Iraq.  Too many parallels to Vietnam, he says.

I don't remember the Vietnamese pulling off two rounds of nationwide democratic elections, establishing a constitution, and gearing up for a third election.

I don't see any important nations supporting the terrorists in Iraq, at least none that we can't bomb the hell out of without starting a nuclear war.  I'm sure China and Russia would complain if Israel or the US destroyed a few Iranian nuclear weapons sites or set the Syrian border with Iraq on fire, but it isn't as though either are giving support to our enemies in Iraq.

I don't remember the Vietnamese capturing or killing the brutal thugs that ran their nation into the ground and putting the survivors on trial for their use of chemical weapons and mass killings of innocents.

And finally, I don't remember tens of thousands of Vietnamese gladly lining up for police or military service while almost daily terrorists were setting off bombs in their midst.  Over 100,000 Iraqi soldiers have been trained and roughly 25% of their fighting units are competent enough that they can operate on their own.

The only thing that can stop Iraqis from reclaiming control of their country is a handful of radicals bent on undermining the will of the American public, wearing us down with constant attacks, releasing outright lies in the media, and using the horrors of war for political gain.  I'm talking about American politicians, mostly liberals and Democrats, not terrorists.  (Notable exception:  Sen. Lieberman.)