War! What is it Good For?

This morning (917/04) I read that the AP is apparently suing for the release of John Kerry and George W. Bush's military records. I wonder why they just will not release these themselves. It would look better (even if there is some problem).

What I wonder is this, Why are we focused on a time 3o+ years ago? Haven't we had enough? Scratch the surface of America, and you find an open wound.

Vietnam remains to be almost as volatile as it was then.

Are there parallels to the Iraq conflict? The comparison has been brought up over and over again, in the media and among conversations I have had. I don't know if there is a strong comparison to the Vietnam. (Other than in the small fact that the president declared the "war" as opposed to congress. But then, We, the people were dumb enough to grant that power to the executive branch when it should have remained with the legislative. Checks and balances and all that rot.)

I need coffee, and then maybe I can set about making sense of the last few days.

More in a bit.