Don't let the title fool you. This is not an attempt to compare the Iraq war with Vietnam. The political reasons for both, as well as the military strategies employed in each, are completely different.

But there is one similarity that even the most flag waving Republican must concede. This is an unpopular war (although, I believe, more due to media spin than due to personal conviction...but that's just my opinion).

I am beginning to think we have learned one thing from Vietnam, and that heartens me a good deal. I was listening to a radio station today as they welcomed home a soldier who was returning. This is a station that has spent no small amount of time broadcasting the negative news of the war, and which, it is clear, has producers who do not support the war. But, it seems, at least, they are willing and able to separate the war from the soldiers who serve and realize that, no matter HOW you view the conflict, our soldiers deserve credit for doing their job. Put simply, if a soldier allowed his/her editorial opinions to affect how they served, we'd all be speaking Russian right now.

I thank the station and the press that I have seen, at least, for doing the right thing.