"Bush Accepts Iraq-Vietnam Comparison"

Asked whether the situation in Iraq is like the Tet Offensive, Bush says that "could be right. There's certainly a stepped-up level of violence, and we're heading into an election."

Now, to the reality-based community, admitting something you did was like Vietnam would be to confess the most extreme and shameful failure.

In Bushworld, though, they recall a different Vietnam War.

Sure, at the time, they sloughed off their service for "other priorities," like working on GOP campaigns. But after declaring that slate clean, they rewrote history thusly: Vietnam was a worthy and winnable war that was messed up by Commie Kerry and Hanoi Jane.

In that reality, a comparison to Vietnam is a point of pride — and a warning that lily-livered Americans better not lose their nerve and start coddling the enemy. Because we don't want to lose another oh-so-necessary war.