Differences

I hate left-wing comparisons of the war in Iraq to the war in Vietnam. The two conflicts are not the same for a number of reasons, the biggest one being: most people in Iraq actually want us to be there. However, I do agree with this point:

One of the grave sins of the anti-Vietnam War movement was, I think, a conflation of the conflict with the combatants. Instead of focusing their fire and their ire on the commander in chief, too many liberals wound up blaming the conscripts who so bravely fought Mr. Nixon's war. This was a tragic error.

Yes it was, and I'm glad that this new generation of anti-war movements doesn't focus on the soldiers much anymore. Even so, the feeling I get is that many of the soldiers that are stationed over there do not favor pulling out because they genuinely want to get the job done (a job that was a million times more difficult to complete in Vietnam). So in a sense, by demanding that they all leave right now, the anti-war movement still is not honoring the men that have fought and died for freedom.