Pat- great article!

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Bush needs to take another hint from Nixon, and RESIGN!!

It's also self-righteous to congratulate another country on their purple fingered ascent to democracy, and then give them "benchmarks" to meet before the Democrats and Republicans will stop funding troops to kill them.

Go Greens! Cynthia McKinney for President!

The election's already over and Daddy Chicken won. He has won every election since 1980. Cock-A-Doodle-Do.

Ya, end the war, resign, and leave some good evidence un-erased.

George Bush is nothing but shit with skin on it.....

And don't forget to take Dick Cheney with you.

They say that in Nixon's final days in the White House in 1974, the disgraced soon-to-be-ex-president roamed the hallways at night, talking to portraits of dead presidents. Bush thinks God told him to invade Iraq.

Why is it that when David Berkowicz hears voices in his head, he's crazy, but when it's Bush, he's communing with God? Astronauts are required to submit to an entire battery of psychological tests to fly on a space shuttle. How is it that the men with their fingers on the nuclear button are not?

"I don't think the whole of Southeast Asia, as related to the present and future safety and freedom of the people of this country, is worth the life or limb of a single American [and] I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty bloody dollar crooked fingers out of the business of these nations so full of depressed exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own design and want, that they fight and work for. And if, unfortunately, their revolution must be of the violent type…at least what they get will be their own and not the American style, which they don't want…crammed down their throat."

David M. Shoup, a former commandant of the Marine Corps and a bearer of the Congressional Medal of Honor 1966 Pierce College California

Plus ca change . . .

I thought the article's title was going to expect Bush to DO what Nixon did and voluntarily (sort of) resign...

JOY: Good posting! Wish we could send these neocons into orbit, en route to Mars would be apropos!

Vietnam didn't have a huge amount of oil like Iraq does. This is why we are still there after five years.

Yes, this is good. Like another person posting a comment here, I thought from the title, though, the writer was going to exhort Boy George to resign. He wouldn't though.....too pig-headed.

One disagreement with what Pat LaMarche wrote: "Full-scale war broke out again between North and South Vietnam in 1975. Eventually the two sides resolved their conflict..." North and South Viet Nam did not "resolve" their conflict. The North Vietnamese army invaded the South, destroyed the South Vietnamese army and captured Saigon. In other words, the war in South-East Asia was resolved in the same way Gen. Lee and Gen. Grant resolved their conflict.

Other than that, great piece!

Our evil has traveled full circle to confront us. We are beginning to receive what we have given. The voices of morality and reason were heard in America but ignored. Evil is settling over America now like a dark age. You will soon face the tyranny of the darkness.

"Astronauts are required to submit to an entire battery of psychological tests to fly on a space shuttle. How is it that the men with their fingers on the nuclear button are not?"

--because their parent's are so wealthy that they are "waived" from the psychological tests and are fast-tracked to wherever they want to go.

The American people are caught in a monkey trap. Will they let go of Iraq? Of course not! There's a long way to go. The next President will not bring the troops home, he -she will reposition them to try and keep Iraq. This is what most Americans want. President McClinbamabee will deliver as expected.

Dear W: Take a hint from all those fake movie Westerns...it's time to ride off into the sunset.

Paraguay must be nice this time of year. No phones... No news... No reporters... Wide open spaces... Good horses probably.... How can you resist?

I know I couldn't.

In that speech Nixon refers to a ten year involvement in Vietnam when in fact America had been in Vietnam, meddling in Vietnamese politics since the French were ousted in the mid-50's. Failing to acknowledge that America's commitment to its blunders in Southeast Asia had its roots in the collective psychosis of the commie witch hunts of the 1950's has probably led to the current psychosis which has us mired in Iraq, Afghanistan and no doubt soon will have us wreaking havoc on Iran.

Actually this article presents an amazing and intriguing (and probably not intended)proposition.

If history more exactly repeated itself, Dubya would retire to the Crawford ranch and drink himself to death within four years of doing so (like LBJ).

His Democratric successor (most probably either Hillary or Barack O) would then try for four more years to keep the war going all the while blathering on about "peace with honor" and win reelection using every dirty trick in the book.

Their corporate patrons and handlers would finally get tired of the whole pointless proposition and tell them to really end the thing this time. Over the internet, evidence of their corruption would flourish finally resulting in a threat from the Republican Fascist Congress to either resign or get impeached.

A likable, insipid, and totally uninspiring successor would assume the presidency (my money would be on either Bill Richardson or Chris Dodd). Circle complete!

No doubt Bush will ride off into the sunset with his tiny pecs pumped out and his cowboy hit dipping over his bloodshot eyes and sipping whiskey from his canteen. One thing we can say about the "Uniter" is that he did indeed unite the country against him.

Yeah, and look what happened to him, the Nixon Coup (he also threatened the CIA and the military was aghast with his Soviet and China initiatives).

JFK wanted to withdraw from Vietnam, and look what happened to him. Of course, JFK pissed off so many people so many ways (Military, anti - Castro Cubans, Israel, Mafia, CIA, Bankers/Fed - all of whom had interlocking interests).

Basically, our bankers want war in one form or another, they control our currency and economy, and it may well be that Bush is just a puppet. A mean vicous one who probably supports everything done in his name, but who would probably be taking a risk by stopping the war/occupation. With Cheney as VP, we do not want Bush to do anything rash.

It's all very well getting rid of Bush and Cheney, plus a few others, but how deep does the problem go. Is it like a teenager removing one zit from his face, only to see two more appear. There are always other very strong, devious minds in the background - the huge lobby groups, such as AIPAC, big business, the media. These organisations are not going to collapse like a pack of cards, just because you remove the Ace of Spades.
All of the major candidates in your election - Clinton, Obama, McCain, Edwards etc. are all backed to the hilt by big money. They all have similar interests to the Bush administration, they want the US to be the major force in the World.
MiMi is quite correct about JFK, he concentrated on so many areas, and pissed off so many people, that it was almost inevitable that he was taken out. The same happened to Martin Luther King, he was up there with Ghandi and Nelson Mandela, but preached the right things at the wrong time.
The way in which the Democrats (and Nancy Pelosi), have caved in on important issues, just proves that they are all eating from the same bowl, and that they no longer represent the views of the people who elect them. This is not a cheap criticism of the US, but a reality of politics in general, and something which has been happening in the UK for decades.

Dubya. Admit you were wrong. Admit you lied. Put someone in charge who may actually want peace. Get the *(&%@#! outa here. Bye. Wish you were never there.

Expecting Bu$h the inferior to repent and sin no more is expecting a miracle. He would need to expose Shotgun Dick and all his contributors and supporters crimes. He would need to then confess his own crimes, accept the resignation of all his political appointees, resign, and turn himself over to the authorities.

This moral train wreck can't admit ANY mistake of consequence. He hasn't even completely admitted his alcoholism and other substance abuse.

Americans think war is something you have to do periodically, like cleaning the basement.

My understanding of what happened in Vietnam has been altered by viewing the Pinky Show's segment titled "The American War: the U.S. in Vietnam". Just google it. If you're not familiar with what The Pinky Show does, it is deceptively simple. You may at first think that it's a kid's cartoon show, but it's not.

I learned a lot, and I confess that was alive through it all. There was a lot happening in the U.S. at the time. Some of you will remember the national guard's shooting of Kent State students.

I think if the Iraq War had anything to do with our national security it would probably be worth the effort to continue! But, we all know it isn't. They never were a threat to us. Only a fool will tell themselves our security is dependent upon staying in Iraq. We aren't doing a thing for the terrorism problem. We aren't keeping them over there so they won't come over here. Those were only catchy slogan's someone came up with to keep the ignorant from figuring out what they are deliberately continuing a unnecessary war. I would imagine the terrorist's are all ready here. After all it isn't difficult to get across our border's, get through a port or even come through an airport undetected. So considering all the above. The only logical thing for Bush to do is the same thing Nixon did. Resign and let some competent person take over.

Pat, You make me proud to be a Maine-ah! Thanks,Bob

Dear W,

Take a hint from the Duvaliers

"On December 26, President Bush signed the Chimp Haven is Home Act into law. The Act, amends the CHIMP Act of 2000 to ensure that chimpanzees retired into the federal chimpanzee sanctuary system will be given permanent protection"

Yup, this is for real...

You are wasting your time sending anything to W given his unfortunate birth defects and other afflictions.

His ears stopped functioning long ago, possibly from alcohol abuse and rampant cronyism. His eyes certainly have no peripheral vision, especially when he is focusing on his current misperceptions. His nose is incapable of detecting stench. Plus whatever conscience he may have had either arrived stillborn or has long since metastasized into a sociopathology.