Finally, the cat is out of the bag.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy said that Iraq was "George Bush's Vietnam."

Now we're hearing the reaction from several Republicans, such as Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman, who called the comparison "reprehensible." Iraq is not at all like Vietnam, he said. (Sorry, I can't provide a complete exact quote, so you'll have to settle for a paraphrase. I think I heard it on Democracy Now.)

Hmm. The official Republican position on Vietnam must have changed while my back was turned. I half expected them to say, "Damn right! It's exactly like Vietnam! And we're going to win it just like we won in Vietnam!"