Calling conditions in Iraq "an absolute replay of Vietnam," Sen. Chuck Hagel said Friday that the Pentagon is making a mistake by beefing up American forces in Iraq. U.S. soldiers have become "easy targets" in a country that has descended into "absolute anarchy," the Nebraska Republican and Vietnam combat veteran said in an interview with The World-Herald. Hagel previously has likened the war in Iraq to Vietnam, but Friday's comments drew a stronger connection. They followed a speech on the Middle East that Hagel delivered at the Brookings Institution. Folks, when Bush loses Chuck Hagel's support of the Iraqi occupation then who should he turn to? Maybe Barbara or Darth Cheney will keep steadfast support for his stay the course policy. 3 and 1/2 years of war is creeping closer to the entirety of the U.S. portion of WWII, which by the way, had a better plan than "stay the course." Not only are we bogged down in a quagmire in Iraq, but we are also slowly but surely losing all of the support amongst the civilian population of the aforementioned country (if you can even call it a country). We are destroying the fabric of our Army and Marine Corps by re-deploying combat troops for their 2nd, 3rd, and in some cases 4th tours of duty. What if North Korea, knowing our trigger pullers are stretched so thin, decides to test the paltry 37,000 troops we have stationed at the DMZ? I know George Bush doesn't have the answer to that question or any other as far as I have observed.