Winning the Hearts and Minds, Part Three

Deja vu all over again. Yesterday, the House passed a bill that made it a federal law to descrate an American flag. In the 60s & early 70s, they were sending kids to jail for wearing flags on their blue jeans.

And then today we have:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top American commander in the Persian Gulf told Congress on Thursday that the Iraqi insurgency has not grown weaker over the past six months, despite a claim by Vice President Dick Cheney that it was in its "last throes."

Gen. John Abizaid's testimony came at a contentious Senate Armed Services Committee hearing at which Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld clashed with members of both parties, including a renewed call by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts for him to step down.