At Last – Bush in Vietnam

David E. Sanger writes in today’s New York Times about Pres. Bush’s jaunt to Vietnam. Lots of people were quoted in the article, including White House mouthpiece Tony Snow and international problem-solver Condi Rice.

The best quote comes from Stanley Karnow, the Vietnam historian. "There are differences and similarities, of course," he said. "We got lied into both wars." But, he added: "The easy summation is that Vietnam began as a guerrilla war and escalated into an orthodox war by the end we were fighting in big units. Iraq starts as a conventional war, and has degenerated into a guerrilla war. It has gone in an opposite direction. And it’s much more difficult to deal with."