I was and am one of the millions of Americans who lived their late teens and early 20’s in the throes of the Vietnam war. To say that Iraq and the handling of this war by this administration is deja vue all over again would be redundant (sorry). Frank Rich: He’s in the Bunker Now

President Bush always had one asset he could fall back on: the self-confidence of a born salesman. Like Harold Hill in “The Music Man,” he knew how to roll out a new product, however deceptive or useless, with conviction and stagecraft. What the world saw on Wednesday night was a defeated Willy Loman who looked as broken as his war. His flop sweat was palpable even if you turned down the sound to deflect despair-inducing phrases like “Prime Minister Maliki has pledged …” and “Secretary Rice will leave for the region. …”