OK, I don’t know if this was bad speech-writing, bad delivery or an attempt to twist things a bit, but here is President Bush defending the war in Iraq:

“When you’re risking your life to accomplish a mission, the last thing you want to hear is that mission being questioned in our nation’s capital,” he told cadets. “I want you to know that, while there may be a lot of heated rhetoric in Washington, D.C., one thing is not in dispute: The American people stand behind you.”
— President Bush, speaking at the U.S. Naval Academy, Nov. 30, 2005

This statement is not parallel: Just because people in our nation’s capital are not behind the mission does not mean people in the nation’s capital are not supportive of the troops involved in that mission – and Bush’s remarks seem to make it seem that only in DC is war being questioned.

To me, this is one of the biggest differences twixt the Vietnam War and the current invasion, both of which became/have become unpopular at home: Whereas ‘Nam vets were often greeted with “baby killer!”, the soldiers in Iraq are viewed more as “poor bastards!”

Yes, I’m against their mission (and it’s not their mission; they’re just the pawns); and yes, I wish they could be home.

That doesn’t mean the terrorists have won or that I wish any ill-will on any troops over there.