For first time, Bush compares Iraq to Vietnam - Globe and Mail

Washington -- U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged for the first time yesterday that the raging violence in Iraq could be compared to the Vietnam War. ABC News asked Mr. Bush whether he agreed with a New York Times columnist's comparison of the strife in Iraq as the "jihadist equivalent of the Tet offensive," which is considered a key turning point in Vietnam. "He could be right," Mr. Bush said. "There's certainly a stepped-up level of violence." The White House later ...