The US and its policies are more and more unpopular, even with allies.




President George Bush invoked the spectre of Vietnam for the first time yesterday as 15 more American soldiers died and increasing evidence emerged that the coalition of the willing that invaded Iraq four years ago has begun to fracture irreparably.

As the US death toll moved to 3,722, Iraq's Prime Minister engaged in an angry war of words with his critics in Washington. Meanwhile, a senior US general issued a dark warning that American troops may have to be sent to the south of the country to fill the vacuum left by a projected British withdrawal.

Amid the chaos, an isolated Mr Bush vowed he would "fight to win", that the so-called troop "surge" was working and that the lesson from Vietnam was that withdrawal had cost millions of lives.


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The British are on the verge of getting their ass kicked, and all I hear about is this BS progress they are making. I don't blame any country for pulling out of Iraq. At lest they realize it's a war that can't be won by military force.

Appafrently these others countries, even the ones not fighting, are realizing that the safety of their people is of paramount concern. What a novel idea, to care about your peole in a war zone.