Fighting the war before the last war

In regards to President Bush's comments on Iraq, Vietnam, and the Tet Offensive: I wish he hadn't made them. It served no purpose but to play into the rhetoric of the anti-Bush types out there. Can we learn lessons from past wars? Yes. Can we win any war if we allow it to be cast in the light of a specific past war? No. The point the President made was fine, but to the casual news viewer, the only thing it accomplished was to tie Iraq and Vietnam together, creating a very faulty analogy.