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the G-man said:
Even if you accept the premise that the decision to go to war was flawed, even if you accept the premise that the President is prosecuting the war ineffectively, is it a good idea for the leader of the party to compare the Iraq war (and, presumably, the actions of the troops there) to Vietnam? Should the DNC leader be announcing that we shouldn't be in Iraq at all?

And, most importantly, what sort of propaganda victory/encouragement does it give the terrorists (and what sort of slam is it to the troops) to announce publicly that we can't and won't win the war?



Reuters reports from Dubai:

    Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged militants to attack oil targets in Muslim states and said Osama bin Laden was still leading its battle against the West. . . .

    Zawahri said the United States had suffered a defeat in Iraq and it was only a matter of time before it pulled out its troops.

    "Iraq is a catastrophe for America and Americans will leave, it will only be a matter of time.

    "I say to Bush: You entered Iraq with lies, you will lose Iraq and lie about it and you will leave with the pretext that you have completed your mission. . . . America only has to decide on the number of (troops) it wishes to lose before withdrawing."