Afghanistan: President Obama's Vietnam?

The latest round of ammo from the GOP smear cannon is that Afghanistan has become President Obama's Vietnam. That's really funny, because that little conflict started under Bush's watch right after 9/11. Iraq and Afghanistan have been going on for seven and eight years, respectively. The Republican Party really loves its fearmongering, doesn't it? Now, they've even gone so far as to proffer the threat of a Dick Cheney presidency to the weary, huddled masses. I seriously doubt that would ever happen. Cheney has so much blood on his hands that I don't think his own party is willing to claim him at this point. (I guess there's still a small shred of dignity left in the Good Ole Boys Club.) He is absolutely not a viable candidate. (Honestly, Sarah Palin as veep sounded like a half-way decent idea by comparison.) As for the current adminstration's stance on this foreign policy issue, White House insiders have told the press that Obama and his cabinet are highly sensitive to growing opposition to the Afghan War. What a nice change of pace!