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The only analogy of Iraq to Vietnam that works is the one the Democrats are bent on creating, turning a win into a defeat, precipitously withdrawing causing untold harm to those who have relied on us and shame to our country and soldiers.

I sometimes think the whole concept of "exit strategy," born in Vietnam, should be deep sixed. What was the exit strategy in WW2? The term implies inability to succeed or complete the job.

The concept of "exit strategy" needs to be defined before we can agree to create one. Do we have an exit strategy for Germany, Japan and Korea? We've been in those places for over 50 years or more. There may be no "exit strategy" in the sense that we may need to station troops in Iraq for 30 years or more, but there will come a day when Iraq is responsible for its own internal security, just as Germany became responsible for its own internal affairs in the 50's. That doesn't mean that we won't station 30,000 troops there, or that there won't still be a few terrorist attacks there even decades from now, but Iraq will be a functioning democracy, the wealthiest land in the middle east, and Syria and Iran will crumble from within when that happens.

If by exit strategy, you mean the point at which there is stability and troop levels have been drawn down to garrison strength, then you are talking about something that we should be able to accomplish within 2 to 5 years. That's not an "exit" per se, but liberals are trying to get us to commit to an exit. It's an argument that starts from a false premise.

Bush better start splainin some of this stuff.

I sometimes think the whole concept of "exit strategy," born in Vietnam, should be deep sixed. What was the exit strategy in WW2? The term implies inability to succeed or complete the job.

Amen to that, brother! We are in a decades-long conflict with a malignant force set loose in the world. There is no "exit strategy" from this conflict. "Exit" is another word for surrender and, eventually, dhimmitude and slavery under islamic rule. Christopher Hitchen's new article, "Nowhere to Go" makes this exact point. As he says, "Withdraw to where, exactly?".