So get this: The White House is now comparing the Iraq War to the Vietnam War in this truly strange new tactic to drum up support for the U.S.'s continual occupation in Iraq.

"the president will say that the lessons of Vietnam teach that the U.S. should stay in Iraq, not withdraw."

So he's saying that the reason people look back so negatively at the Vietnam War is cause we left too soon? Which would mean that 58,226 U.S. deaths was not enough for them, they wanted more. Crazies.
Another thing that is happening is that a group called Freedom Watch is conveniently putting out ads at the same time the president is making these ridiculous arguments. They are telling people to call their Congress members to tell them not to surrender. Surrender? Really? Against who exactly? Anyway I did a little googling on Freedom Watch and found that the director is Bradly A. Blakeman. So then I googled him and found that he was once the Deputy Assistant to the President of The United States, George W. Bush. Yet they are calling themselves a grassroot organization. My question is: Who's actually paying for all of this numbskullery?