Iraq looking like Vietnam

Is history repeating itself in the White House? in the 1970's, President Nixon asked the country to stay the course in Vietnam. He told us not to cut and run. Sound familiar? Vietnam and Iraq have many differences, but many similarities. We entered Vietnam because our ships were supposedly attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin; it was a lie. In Iraq, we were persuaded that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction; that too was a lie. We are entering our fourth year in Iraq, and just as the Viet Cong, cruel beyong description, terrorized the South Vietnamese, the insurgents and al-Qaida are terrorizing our troops and the people of Iraq. We can't bring back our soldiers killed in Iraq or the thousands of innocent Iraqis, but we must find a way to stop the death toll. Nancy Woerner, Northfield - Published in the Atlantic City Press, July 12, 2006