It’s going to be interesting to see President Obama speak on the war tonight, since he is absolutely unqualified for the task he is beset with. I keep waiting for that fabulous “anti-war” (or is it “peace”) movement to break out again, y’know, like the one we had during the Bush Administration, but didn’t have during the Clinton Admin, and don’t have now. Almost makes y’think that the “peace movement” is sorta political.

Polls show that 2/3 of Democrats are against the formerly “good” war in Afghanistan. President Obama could not be more clear about the disdain with which he views American history. I can’t wait to see this speech.

As for Vietnam, everyone who has paid attention knows that LBJ fought that war as a series of “messages” he was sending to our enemies, and our ROE revolved around never making China, Russia or even the North Vietnamese mad at us. (Read “We were Soldiers Once … and Young” or “The Thirteenth Valley” to get a feel for how this stance worked out for our infantry.) The fact that the North surrendered after we unleashed a couple of weeks of hell on them known as Linebacker II (the Christmas Bombings) tells you all you need to know about the course of that war and what should have been in 1965 or so.

If President Obama comes out tonight talking about messages he is sending to Afghanistan and Pakistan and his “open hand not clenched fist” approach that has worked so well with Iran… I am going to add anti-war in Afghanistan signs to my Tea Party regalia. No war for messages! We’re in it to win it, or we can’t ask our people to be in it.