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By Robert G. Kaiser | Sunday, January 14, 2007 | The Washington Post

A thrilling piece that exposes the many parellels between Vietnam and Iraq. The writer, Robert G. Kaiser, should know: he is Associate Editor of the Washington Post and he covered the Vietnam War including two tours as a war correspondent there from 1969 through 1970. He sees clearly the patterns of US behavior that make the Iraq War such a spooky and depressing replay of Vietnam. Not to mention a horrifying demonstration of bare-fanged racism, ignorance and utter hubris. It’s as if our government has learned absolutely nothing from Vietnam…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/12/AR2007011202054.html