The War at Home

W breaks into the TV reruns and humiliation spectacles on the cusp of primetime tonight to talk about the war in Iraq. The polls have been showing that Americans have turned against it. But for those who have other plans, like staring into the middle distance for an hour, here's a capsule of the speech, courtesy of press flack Scott McClellan:

It's a very significant speech by the commander in chief at a critical moment in the war on terror"

There you have it---it's all about the war on terror, despite the FACT that John Kerry wrote about in the NY Times today that W's invasion of Iraq created the terrorism there. Anyway, we've all heard all of this before.

We're also going to hear about patience, and the importance of the Iraq elections in December, and how they bravely came out to the polls last time, waving their purple fingers.

So here's a little news note from 1966:

On September 12: South Vietnamese go to the polls to elect a 117 member assembly to draft a new constitution. American supporters point to the 75% turnout as proof that democracy is working.

It worked great there, didn 't it? After another 8 years of war, pain, slaughter, death, blown away limbs, lives that were permanently screwed up and still are, the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong won, took over the country, and now the U.S. is trading with them as if none of it ever happened.

Bush and Aides Seek to Calm Public's Concerns About Iraq - New York Times