Reply #10: And if pigs could fly, they'd have wings. [View All]

[despairing optimist]

About as likely as a peaceful Iraq under US control.

General William Westmoreland used to say the same stuff in the Vietnam war days: throw off a few glimmers of hope to encourage an ever-more-skeptical public that things are just peachy and soon all the boys will be home again. Vietnamization is right on schedule; the Vietnamese are learning how to be masters of their fate and leaders of their democracy. Uh-huh.

Then came the Tet offensive, but that still didn't stop the endless optimism. Ted Kennedy is right. Iraq is a quagmire too. Brace yourself: many more people aren't coming home alive.