Now that Bush has acknowledged that the current Iraqtile dysfunction resembles the Tet Offensive that doomed a former Texan in the White House, even the mentally challenged have to concede that Iraq is indeed turning into another Vietnam. So from the home offices of Anbar Province, a/k/a the “Remilitarized Zone,” here are the Top Ten Signs of Apocalypse Now II:

10. Casting calls go out for the Broadway production of Miss Baghdad.

9. Walter Cronkite is brought out of mothballs to pinch-hit for Katie Couric on the CBS Evening News.

8. Bush announces his new Iraqi strategy of “Pieces With Honor.”

7. Iraqi troops adopt 60′s slogan of “Hell No, We Won’t Go.”

6. U.S. troops, not allowed to leave, start listening to Hendrix and Jim Morrison, and smoking Mosul Mary Jane.

5. Karl Rove, in desperation move, “Photoshops” Jane Fonda into posing atop an insurgent IED.

4. Eugene McCarthy returns from the grave to announce his candidacy for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination.

3. Bush sends Cheney to Baghdad to assassinate Nouri al-Maliki.

2. U.S. military uses Agent Orange to defoliate sole remaining tree in Fallujah.

1. Swift Boat Veterans claim that Tammy Duckworth never served in Iraq.

FOR A SOMEWHAT CONTRARIAN VIEW: THE TOP TEN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VIETNAM AND IRAQ

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