It is bad when war is managed from the White House and worse when congress tries to get in on it. That's the real lesson of Vietnam.
I was in VietNam and you are right. LBJ didn't have the sense of a day old chicken and he and McNamara (whizkid, my a$$!!) would screw up a one car funeral! I'm glad Mr. Bush listens to his generals and lets them command, and doesn't tell them how t do their jobs.