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US Senator Edward Kennedy says invading Iraq was a mistake Iraq has become US President George Bush's Vietnam, filled with mistakes and blunders, without a long-term plan, a prominent US senator said. America's military entanglement in Iraq "clearly is George Bush's Vietnam", Senator Edward Kennedy, a leading member of the Democratic Party, said on CBS's Face The Nation programme on Sunday.The harsh words refer to the US role and ultimate defeat in the 1964-1975 Vietnam war. Kennedy blasted Bush's claim in an interview in Sunday's Washington Post that his Iraq policy was endorsed by the US public because of his...

Does Ted Kennedy Have Alzheimer’s? You might think I am joking but there really can not be many other reasons for what is coming out of his mouth. The man is just doing to much damage to his own party for this to be a well thought out attack on Bush. His rhetoric is so unbelievable that especially in context with the history of his family; he should know better. When he calls Iraq a quagmire he is of course relating it to Vietnam which is ironic because his brother did have a quagmire on his hands in Vietnam. It...

Whew! You know, ever since I went to Iraq in November 2003 I had been wondering how the devil I had gotten there. Standing in the parking lot outside the Palace in the Green Zone, surrounded by my luggage, I remember thinking: "Who is responsible for this?" Yesterday, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) joined Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in providing the answer: Dr. Condoleezza Rice. It was all her fault. There was once a time when the whole business of foreign policy was treated with a depth and dignity essential to making certain our foes didn't underestimate America's resolve. Senate Democrats,...