Vietnam II Relive the tragedy

Sometimes my ideas are bigger than my medium. I really needed a poster-sized medium to pull this off with all the flourish it deserves. Nonetheless, this is a fine-looking product, and it nicely sums up the quagmire the U.S. now finds itself in with regard to Iraq.

Since before the U.S. invaded Iraq, pundits have been commenting on how an Iraq invasion might or might not be like the U.S. experience in Vietnam. The debate rages on, but the parallels have never been stronger. 

Of course, neither Vietnam nor Iraq is a movie. Each is its own tragedy. But as a former film major, I could not help but think of how Hollywood might try to promote the Iraqi quagmire if it were a movie. 

The image of Bush is real. It is from his now famous appearance on the deck of an aircraft carrier, during which he declared the end of major combat operations in Iraq. The image of the exploding helicopter is fake, of course.

--Dan Frazier